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Hanger in de vorm van een monster
anonymous, c. 1600 - c. 1620
Pendant, monster. Gold, opals, pearl and enamel. Germany or Spain, c. 1600-1620.
- Artwork typependant (jewelry)
- Object numberBK-17073
- Dimensionsheight 10.5 cm x width 3.5 cm
- Physical characteristicsgedeeltelijk geëmailleerd goud, opalen en parel
Identification
Title(s)
Hanger in de vorm van een monster
Object type
Object number
BK-17073
Description
Hanger voorstellende een ineengedoken monster. Het lichaam is samengesteld uit opalen. Het monster zit op een ovaal voetstuk dat aan vier kettinkjes hangt.
Creation
Creation
- jeweler: anonymous, Germany
- jeweler: anonymous, Spain [rejected attribution]
Dating
c. 1600 - c. 1620
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Material and technique
Physical description
gedeeltelijk geëmailleerd goud, opalen en parel
Dimensions
height 10.5 cm x width 3.5 cm
Acquisition and rights
Copyright
Provenance
…; sale, Raoul Heilbronner (1847-1941, Paris), Paris (Drouot), 9 (exact day unknown) November 1921 sqq., no. 252, frs 650, 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 36, Artistic no. 15/28; 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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