Dolls’ house of Petronella Dunois

anonymous, c. 1676

Various objects in this dolls’ house are marked with the year 1676, which was probably when it was largely completed. It was made for Petronella Dunois (1650–1695), a wealthy orphan who lived with her sister in Amsterdam. The dolls’ house contains a peat loft, a linen room, a nursery, a lying-in room, a reception room, a cellar, a kitchen and a dining room.

  • Artwork typefurniture, dollhouse
  • Object numberBK-14656
  • Dimensionsheight 200 cm x width 150.5 cm x depth 56 cm
  • Physical characteristicskast van eikenhout, belijmd met noten-, ceder- en ebbenhout

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Dolls’ house of Petronella Dunois

  • Object type

  • Object number

    BK-14656

  • Description

    Poppenhuis in een kast belijmd met wortelnotenhout op een eikenhouten kern. De geslingerde poten zijn verbonden door een dubbel Y-vormig kruis, met een ovaal kruispunt. De zijkanten vertonen binnen cirkels achtpuntige sterren. Achter de deuren, waarin openingen zijn uitgezaagd, zijn v.l.n.r. de volgende ruimten aangebracht: onder: kelder, keuken, eetzaal; midden: kraam- en beste kamer; boven: turfzolder, zolder, kinderkamer. Het huis is gevuld met een verzameling miniatuurvoorwerpen en een en twintig poppen.

Creation

  • Creation

    anonymous, Amsterdam

  • Dating

    c. 1676

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    kast van eikenhout, belijmd met noten-, ceder- en ebbenhout

  • Dimensions

    height 200 cm x width 150.5 cm x depth 56 cm

This work is about

  • Person

  • Subject

Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    Gift of A.S.M. van Tienhoven-Hacke

  • Acquisition

    gift 1934

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    Commissioned for Petronella Groenendijk, née Dunois (1650-95), Amsterdam, 1676; her husband, Pieter Groenendijk (? -1731), Leiden; his niece, Sara de la Court van der Voort-Poelaert (1666-1739), Leiden; her daughter, Adriana Baroness van Spaen, née de la Court van der Voort (1696-1748), Leiden; her niece, Sara van de Poll, née de la Court (1733-62), Amsterdam; ? her daughter, Catharina Susanna Elias, née van de Poll (1754-1830), Amsterdam; her granddaughter, Janna Catharina Susanna Hacke, née Elias (1823-68), Mijnden, near Utrecht; her daughter, Anna Sara Maria van Tienhoven, née Hacke (1846-1921), Zandvoort, near Amsterdam;{Provenance from 1676-1934 reconstructed by Fock 1968; note RMA.} donated by her son, Dr Pieter Gerbrand van Tienhoven (1875-1953), Amsterdam, in honour of his mother, with 726 other objects, to the museum, 1934

  • Remarks

    Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.

Documentation

    • Inzoomer object op zaal, 2013 (Nederlands/English).
    • Jaarverslag Rijksmuseum (2011), afb. p. 103.
    • Eeghen, I.H. van, in: Amstelodamum, november 1953
    • Documentatiemap.

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