Pendant in the shape of a toad

anoniem, c. 1600 - c. 1620

Around 1600, crawly creatures also found their way into fashion: dresses with embroidered butterflies, bags in the shape of a frog, and jewels featuring a lizard. The shape of the baroque pearl probably provided the inspiration for this toad. However, there was another connection. Baroque pearls were considered examples of inventive nature creating something beautiful out of non-living matter. Moreover, toads were thought to develop from non-living matter (spontaneous generation).

Artwork typependant (jewelry)
Object numberBK-17061
Dimensionsheight 5.8 cm x width 3.5 cm
Physical characteristicsgedeeltelijk geëmailleerd goud, parels en edelstenen

Identification

Title(s)
Hanger in de vorm van een pad
Object type
Object number
BK-17061
Description
Hanger in de vorm van een pad. Gevormd uit barokparels, goud en email.

Creation

Creation
jeweler: anoniem, Spain (possibly)
Dating
c. 1600 - c. 1620
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Material and technique

Physical description
gedeeltelijk geëmailleerd goud, parels en edelstenen
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height 5.8 cm x width 3.5 cm

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Subject

Acquisition and rights

Copyright
Public domain
Provenance
…; sale, Raoul Heilbronner (1847-1941, Paris), Paris (Drouot), 9 (exact day unknown) November 1921 sqq., no. 254, frs 2,000, to the dealer E. Ruegg, Lausanne;{Copy CIWi.} …; 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. 34, no. Pr 19, Artistic no. 15/26; 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
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