Coupe

workshop of Dionysio Miseroni, c. 1600 - c. 1625

This variety of quartz was prized more highly than rock crystal for its golden yellow colour. Only a few vases made of this precious material are known. Cameos have been incorporated into the luxurious mount, including a few with portraits.

Artwork typecoupe
Object numberBK-17098
Dimensionsheight 13 cm x width 12.9 cm x depth 9 cm, width 8.2 cm x depth 7.1 cm
Physical characteristicscitrine quartz; mount: gold, enamel, cameos

Identification

Title(s)
Coupe
Object type
Object number
BK-17098
Description
Coupe in rook-topaas, gesneden als een monsterkop. De korte stam staat op een hoge, drieledige voet van goud met email. In de onderste rand zijn acht cameeën gevat.

Creation

Creation
- maker: workshop of Dionysio Miseroni, Prague
- maker: anonymous, Germany
- maker: attributed to Dionysio Miseroni, Prague [rejected attribution]
Dating
- c. 1600 - c. 1625
- c. 1630 - c. 1640
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Material and technique

Physical description
citrine quartz; mount: gold, enamel, cameos
Dimensions
- height 13 cm x width 12.9 cm x depth 9 cm
- width 8.2 cm x depth 7.1 cm

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Subject

Acquisition and rights

Copyright
Public domain
Provenance
…; collection Gustave Samuel James de Rothschild (1829-1911), Paris;{Von Falke, p. 40, no. K.79.} …; collection Dr Fritz Mannheimer (1890-1939), Amsterdam and Paris, 1936;{Von Falke 1936, p. 40, no. K.79.} purchased from his estate, 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.

Documentation

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