The Ceremonial Rite

Art

Planting Fields

Name/Title

The Ceremonial Rite

Entry/Object ID

1970.019.001

Description

Oil Painting on Canvas painted by Andrea Celesti titled "The Ceremonial Rite". A bearded elder, wearing a crescent-shaped gold hat with Hebraic characters, performs a ritual blessing. A beaker of wine and fruit stands before a young boy. A bearded patriarch crosses arms, and a turbaned man holds two steel blades.

Artwork Details

Medium

Oil on Canvas

Collection

Culver

Cataloged By

Cannarsa

Acquisition

Accession

1970.019.001

Source or Donor

Culver, Mrs. E. D.

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Artist

Andrea Celesti

Place

Location

Italy

Notes

Date: 17th-18th Century

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Painting

Nomenclature Class

Art

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Height

37 in

Width

42 in

Location

Room

Dining Room

Building

Coe Hall

Date

August 16, 2023

Inventory

Inventory Project

INV2024.1

Inventoried By

Amanda Massimillio

Inventoried Date

Jun 26, 2024

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

Aug 14, 2006

Valuations

Valuation Type

Appraisal

Estimator

Unknown

Notes

Min. Value: 4000 Description: Appraisal most likely made in early 1980's

Provenance

Notes

Collected By: Mrs. E.D. Culver Owned by Mrs. E. D. Culver, given to M. Pettet for Planting Fields in 1970. Planting Fields Foundation

General Notes

Note

Notes: Gilligan wrote to Sotheby's 4/24/1981 asking for its return (to George Wachter, 980 Madison Ave., NY, NY 10021) Status: OK

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

August 14, 2006

Updated By

Emily Leger

Update Date

March 31, 2025