Tassae_Aldobrandinae
Tassae omnes olim a Petro Aldobrandino cardinale possessae sunt, quarum sex in Mediolano anno 1602 emit. Illo anno 1603 mortuo tassae sic inter legata descriptae sunt: "Dodici tazzoni grandi col piede alto, lavorati con diverse historie di basso relieve, con un Imperatore in piedi sopra ciascuno, segnati ciascun pezzo col n.o. 52. Pesano tutti insieme libre centonove, oncie undici e meza." Anno 1710 post mortem principis Ioannis Baptistae Pamphilii sic descriptae sunt: "Nella Guardaroba Aldobrandini posta nel Palazzo al Corso habitato dall Em.t.imo Cardinale D. Benedetto Pamphilij. Dodici tazzoni grandi d'argento con piedi alti historiato di baso rilievo con un Imperatore in piedi sopra ciascheduno. Pesano tutti insieme libre cento nove et oncie otto." <!-- Possessores tassae Vespasiani a Sotheby's enumerati: Cardinal Pietro Aldobrandini (1571-1621), recorded in his 1603 inventory, to his sister; Olimpia Aldobrandini (1567-1637), to her son; Cardinal Ippolito Aldobrandini (1592-1638), recorded in his posthumous inventory in 1638, to his niece; Olimpia Aldobrandini-Borghese (1623-1682), Princess of Rossano, to her son; Giovanni Battista Pamphili (1648-1709), Duke of Carpineto, recorded in his posthumous inventory in 1710; In 1769 to the Borghese branch of the family; In 1826 with retail silversmith Kensington Lewis, St. James St., London; With retail goldsmith Thomas Hamlet, Princes St., London, his sale; George Robins (auctioneer), London, February 3, 1834, as by Benvenuto Cellini (1,000 gns. To Emanuel; probably Emanuel Brothers, Bevis Marks, St. Mary Axe, London); Charles Scarisbrick, Scarisbrick Hall, Lancashire; his posthumous; Christie’s, London, May 15, 1861, lot 159, as attributed to Benvenuto Cellini; sold to Richard Attenborough of the Strand; Frédéric Spitzer, Paris, his sale; Paul Chevallier and Charles Mannheim, Paris, April 17-June 16, 1893, lot 1761; By 1901 J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913), to his son; J.P. Morgan (1867-1943), and by descent; Christie’s, New York, October 26, 1982, The Morgan Collection, lot 68. Possessores tassae Neronis/Augusti a Christie's enumerati: A member of the Aldobrandini family, most likely Ippolito Aldobrandini the Elder, later Pope Clement VIII (1536-1605), in the late sixteenth century. Subsequently probably with the Cardinals Cinzio (1551-1610) and Pietro (1571-1621). Ippolito Aldobrandini the Younger (1592-1638), created Cardinal at St. Eustachio in 1621. Recorded in the inventory drawn up after his death in 1638. Olimpia Aldobrandini-Borghese (1623-1682), Princess of Rossano, and by descent to her son; Giovanni Battista Pamphilij (1648-1709), Duke of Carpineto. with the retail silversmith Kensington Lewis, St. James's Street, London, circa 1826. with the retail goldsmith Thomas Hamlet (1770-1853), Princes Street, London; sale George Robins, London, 3 February 1834, as by Benvenuto Cellini (1,000 gns. to Emanuel, probably Emanuel Brothers, Bevis Marks, St. Mary Axe, London). Charles Scarisbrick, Scarisbrick Hall, Lancashire; his (+) sale, Christie's, London, 15 May 1861, lot 159, as attributed to Benvenuto Cellini (to Richard Attenborough, of the Strand). Frédéric Spitzer. The Augustus bowl probably combined with the Titus figure at this time; his sale, Paul Chevallier, Paris, 1 June 1893, lot 1761 (see entry under literature). The present Nero figure, combined with the copy of the Titus bowl (see following lot), then in the collection of Johannes Paul, Hamburg; his sale J.M. Herberle, H. Lempertz Söhne, Cologne, 16 October 1882, lot 720, as by Benvenuto Cellini. The present Nero figure, combined with the copy of the Titus bowl (see following lot), in the collection of Heinrich Wencke, Hamburg; his sale, J.M. Herberle, H. Lempertz Söhne, Cologne, 27-28 October 1898, lot 152, as by Benvenuto Cellini. Sir Julius Wernher, 1st Bt. (1850-1912), Bath House, London, by whom bequeathed, with a life interest to his widow, Alice, Lady Wernher, subsequently Lady Ludlow (1862-1945), to their son; Sir Harold Wernher, 3rd Bt., G.C.V.O. (1893-1973), Bath House, London, and from 1948, Luton Hoo, Bedfordshire, and by descent. -->