Boy and Girl in Oriental Dress

Höchst, c. 1767 - c. 1775

Höchster Porzellanmanufaktur modelled by Johann Peter Melchior (1747–1825) Höchst, c. 1767–1775 hard-paste porcelain

  • Artwork typefigure, figure
  • Object numberBK-17507-A
  • Dimensionsheight 18.2 cm
  • Physical characteristicsporselein met emailkleuren en verguldsel

Identification

  • Title(s)

    • Boy and Girl in Oriental Dress
    • Figure of a boy in Turkish dress
  • Object type

  • Object number

    BK-17507-A

  • Description

    Beeld van porselein, beschilderd op het glazuur in emailkleuren en goud. Het beeld stelt een jongen in Turkse kledij voor. Gemerkt met het wiel met keurvorstenhoed en HM.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    mark: ‘wiel met keurvorstenhoed/ HM’


Creation

  • Creation

    • porcelain company: Höchst, Höchst
    • modeler: after Johann Peter Melchior, Höchst
  • Dating

    c. 1767 - c. 1775

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    porselein met emailkleuren en verguldsel

  • Dimensions

    height 18.2 cm


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  • Provenance

    …; from Dr Fritz Mannheimer (1890-1939), Amsterdam and Paris, fl. 6,350,000, en bloc, to Artistic & General Securities Ltd. as security for a loan from the Mendelssohn & Co. Bank, but kept in usufruct, 1934;{NHA, 476, RMA Archive, inv. no. 2142, Recapitulatie der geïnventariseerde kunstvoorwerpen van wijlen Dr F. Mannheimer, undated, p. 11, no. Por 139 a-b, Artistic no. 25/10; NHA, 233, Arrondissementsrechtbank Amsterdam, inv. no. 1365, “O.R. 256/1939, Faillissementsdossier: nalatenschap Dr. F. Mannheimer, 28 augustus 1939”, image 3, page 2.} purchased from Mendelssohn & Co. Bank, en bloc, by the Dienststelle Mühlmann, The Hague, for Adolf Hitler's Führermuseum, Linz, 1940;{Korthals Altes 1974, pp. 21-22.} war recuperation, SNK, 1945;{HNA, SNK Archive, 2.08.42, inv. no. 548.} on loan, with 1,702 other objects, from the DRVK to the museum, 1952;{Note RMA.} transferred to the museum, 1960

  • 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.


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