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Het martelaarschap van de heilige Joris
anonymous, anoniem, anoniem, anonymous, c. 1450 - c. 1475
Wandtapijt met het martelaarschap van de heilige Joris.
- Artwork typetapestry
- Object numberBK-17249
- Dimensionsheight 294 cm x width 340 cm
- Physical characteristicswol en zijde op een wolle ketting; 5,5 kettingdraden per centimeter


Identification
Title(s)
Het martelaarschap van de heilige Joris
Series title(s)
De geschiedenis van de heilige Joris
Object type
Object number
BK-17249
Description
Wandtapijt met het martelaarschap van de heilige Joris.
Inscriptions / marks
- : ‘ses fais par se pays passant de gallilee de plusieurs (sic) lieux gistala gamiua. la. ont. meile. lame. ueult. vei[..]m’
- : ‘natus a eus filius b[..]atnus post // [.]ua[..]s est coram discipulis suis’
Creation
Creation
- maker: anonymous, Southern Netherlands
- maker: anoniem, Southern Netherlands
Dating
c. 1450 - c. 1475
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Material and technique
Physical description
wol en zijde op een wolle ketting; 5,5 kettingdraden per centimeter
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height 294 cm x width 340 cm
Acquisition and rights
Copyright
Provenance
…; sale, Raoul Heilbronner (1847-1941, Paris), Paris (Drouot), 23 (xx) June 1921 sqq., no. 239, frs 69,000 to the dealer R. Stora, Paris and New York;{Copy RKD.}…; collection Dr Fritz Mannheimer (1890-1939), Amsterdam and Paris, before 1933;{Photo album ‘Het huis van Dr F. Mannheimer, Amsterdam’, 1928-32, Rijksmuseum, inv. no. B-F-1963-426-20.} from whom, 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. 61, no. Tap 1, Artistic no. 32/1; 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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