anoniem, anonymous, anonymous, anoniem, c. 1600
Pendant, flying Cupid, later fixed on a base. Pendant gold, rubies and enamel. Base gold, topaz and tortoise shell. Germany, pendant c. 1600, base c. 1700.
Title(s)
Hanger op voetstuk met Cupido
Object type
Object number
BK-17071
Description
Kleinood voorstellende Cupido op een voetstuk. De met pijl en boog schietende figuur is geëmailleerd en met robijnen bezet, en was oorspronkelijk als hanger bedoeld. In het midden van het voetstuk is een grote, achtzijdig geslepen topaas gezet.
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Physical description
figuur: gedeeltelijk geëmailleerd goud, edelstenen; voetstuk: goud, topaas en schildpad
Material
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Dimensions
height 11 cm x width 6.5 cm
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Provenance
…; collection Baron Carl Mayer von Rothschild (1788-1855), Frankfurt and Naples or Baron Mayer Carl von Rothschild (1820-1886), Frankfurt;{Note RMA.} …; collection Wilhelm Carl von Rothschild (1828-1901), Frankfurt;{Note RMA; son from Carl Mayer and brother from Mayer Carl.} …; 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 33, Artistic no. 17/75; 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
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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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