Name/Title
The Ceremonial RiteEntry/Object ID
1970.019.001Description
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.Collection
CulverCataloged By
CannarsaAcquisition
Accession
1970.019.001Source or Donor
Culver, Mrs. E. D.Acquisition Method
GiftMade/Created
Notes
Date: 17th-18th CenturyLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
PaintingNomenclature Class
ArtNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsLocation
Location
Room
Dining RoomBuilding
Main HouseCategory
PermanentDate
August 16, 2023Inventory
Inventory Project
INV2024.1Inventoried By
Amanda MassimillioInventoried Date
Jun 26, 2024Valuations
Valuation Type
AppraisalEstimator
UnknownNotes
Min. Value: 4000
Description: Appraisal most likely made in early 1980'sProvenance
Notes
Collected By: Mrs. E.D. Culver
Owned by Mrs. E. D. Culver, given to M. Pettet for Planting Fields in 1970.
Planting Fields FoundationResearch Notes
Research Type
ScholarPerson
Herbert BroderickDate
2026Notes
"It possibly represents a biblical scene of David with the High Priest Ahimelech (1 Samuel 21) where a fleeing, exhausted and wounded David arriving at Nob is given consecrated bread and the sword of Goliath by the High Priest Ahimelech. The figure with the red helmet clutching a sword at the lower right, with the High Priest distinguished by his crescent shaped headgear at left as well as the figure offering bread at the lower left would seem to fit the bill."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: OKCreate Date
August 14, 2006Update Date
July 30, 2026
