Hail Mary

Large gold ring with cloisonée enamel of the Mother of God, Hanns Rheindorf, Cologne Around 1970


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Large gold ring with cloisonée enamel of the Mother of God, Hanns Rheindorf, Cologne Around 1970
Large gold ring with cloisonée enamel of the Mother of God, Hanns Rheindorf, Cologne Around 1970
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"Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us!" - Devotion to the Mother of God has been a central part of the Catholic Church for centuries. As the mediator between God and mankind, Mary is particularly close to the faithful - in times of joy as well as in moments of suffering. This gold ring features an oval plaque with colored enamel, known as enamel champlevé, at its center. It shows the Virgin Mary as the Queen of Heaven with outstretched arms. The technique of enameling has been known since ancient times and has always been used to decorate precious objects. Enameling flourished particularly in the Christian art of the Middle Ages - works of extraordinary splendour were created, such as the altarpiece known as the Pala d'Oro in St. Mark's Basilica in Venice. This ring is part of this art-historical tradition and was created by the Cologne goldsmith Hanns Rheindorf. He received his artistic training at the Cologne Werkschulen between 1922 and 1928, under Dominikus Böhm and Georg Grasegger, among others. Rheindorf worked as a sculptor, goldsmith and enamel artist. The ring's powerfully reduced formal language reflects the striving for artistic renewal that characterized Christian art in the post-war years. An elaborately openworked, high lower band and a ring band made of high-carat gold make the enamel plaque wearable as a ring. The piece of jewelry is in very good condition and came to us from the Rhineland. Cf. a similar work by Rheindorf in the Cologne Museum of Decorative Arts, illustrated and described in the catalog Ein Museum im Glück. Masterpieces from the Collection of the Overstolzengesellschaft, Cologne 2013, Erw. p. 249.
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Large gold ring with cloisonée enamel of the Mother of God, Hanns Rheindorf, Cologne Around 1970
Hail Mary
€ 1,290.00 *
Content 1 piece
Incl. VAT, Shipping
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