Waddesdon Bequest
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In 1898, Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild bequeathed to the British Museum as the Waddesdon Bequest the contents from his New Smoking Room at Waddesdon Manor. This consisted of a wide-ranging collection
The new 2015 display, with Renaissance metalware, most in silver-gilt, and maiolica
Display in 2014, mostly of Renaissance enamel, but including ancient handle mounts and the St Valerie chasse reliquary
Another display in Room 45, mostly of objects in iron or Limoges enamel
Self-portrait with her family by Charlotte Nathan Rothschild, Baron Ferdinand's mother, 1838. Part of Baron Anselm's collection can be seen behind her.
Giorgio Ghisi
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Giorgio Ghisi was an Italian engraver from Mantua who also worked in Antwerp and in France. He made both prints and damascened metalwork, although only two surviving examples of the latter are known.
Hercules, engraving by Ghisi after Giovanni Battista Bertani, 1558
Centre of the Ghisi Shield in the British Museum, 1554
The Last Supper by Ghisi after Lombard, 1551, copy in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art