Alliance Coat of Arms of Cornelis Calkoen and Maria van der Merct

Maria Moninckx, 1694

In this drawing the Amsterdam artist Maria Monninckx surrounded the alliance arms that unite the Calkoen and Van der Merct families with a spectacular coloured floral wreath. A tiny garden tiger moth, a red admiral butterfly and a stem sawfly flutter around it. She achieved the brilliant colour by applying various layers of paint over one another and adding a touch of gold here and there.

  • Artwork typedrawing
  • Object numberRP-T-1959-276
  • Dimensionsheight 397 mm x width 297 mm
  • Physical characteristicspenseel in water- en goudverf op perkament, gouache

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Alliance Coat of Arms of Cornelis Calkoen and Maria van der Merct

  • Object type

  • Object number

    RP-T-1959-276

  • Description

    Alliantie wapen met kroon van Cornelis Calkoen en zijn derde vrouw Maria van der Merct, waarschijnlijk ter gelegenheid van hun huwelijk in 1694. Calkoen was groothandelaar in lakenen, geweven stoffen en Turks garen, alsmede blauwlakenverver. Het wapen is omgeven door een krans van bloemen.

Creation

  • Creation

    draftsman (artist): Maria Moninckx

  • Dating

    1694

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    penseel in water- en goudverf op perkament, gouache

  • Dimensions

    height 397 mm x width 297 mm

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  • Person

  • Subject

Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    On loan from the Koninklijk Oudheidkundig Genootschap

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; on loan from the Koninklijk Oudheidkundig Genootschap to the museum (L. 2228), 1959

  • 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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