Console Table

attributed to workshop of Johann Adam Pichler, c. 1725 - c. 1730

This magnificent console table was placed under a large mirror in a grand room. It was probably made for the court of Karl Albrecht, Elector of Bavaria. Pay attention to the naturalistic carving of flowers, sprigs and tendrils, and the winged female figures on the legs.

  • Artwork typewandtafel
  • Object numberBK-16659
  • Dimensionsheight 87 cm x width 176 cm x depth 76 cm x depth 63 cm, width 159 cm

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Console Table

  • Object type

  • Object number

    BK-16659

  • Description

    Wandtafel van verguld beukenhout, rustend op overhoeks geplaatste S-vormige poten, die in een vrouwenborstbeeld met uitgespreide vleugels eindigen, met schouders als spiraalvoluten met bloemenkransen. Ter verbinding een geslingerd X-vormig kruis, met acanthusblad en op het kruispunt met rozet en bandwerk versierd. De geschulpte voorregel draagt een palmet en ruitmotief temidden van toegewende C-voluten met acanthusblad en bloemtakken. De zijregels vertonen rozetten met bandwerk. Marmeren blad.


Creation

  • Creation

    • furniture maker (person): attributed to workshop of Johann Adam Pichler, München
    • designer: Joseph Effner, München
  • Dating

    c. 1725 - c. 1730

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Material and technique

  • Dimensions

    • height 87 cm x width 176 cm x depth 76 cm x depth 63 cm
    • width 159 cm

Acquisition and rights

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  • Provenance

    …; 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-1963-426-39.} 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.


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