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Goblet with cameos
attributed to Abraham Valck, 1625 - 1626
This exceptionally lavish cup is decorated with ancient cameos – relief carvings in banded or stratified quartz. The lid is set with images of Classical gods, while those on the goblet have profile portraits of ancient rulers and Roman emperors.
- Artwork typegoblet
- Object numberBK-17011
- Dimensionsheight 49.5 cm x diameter 17.5 cm
Identification
Title(s)
Goblet with cameos
Object type
Object number
BK-17011
Description
Bokaal met deksel van verguld zilver, gedeeltelijk geëmailleerd en bezet met cameeën. De gedeeltelijk opengewerkte, door vruchtenfestoenen omgeven voet wordt gedragen door drie op schelpen staande draken. Drie knielende naakte mansfiguren vormen de stam en dragen de cuppa, die geheel is overdekt met opgelegde bloemen en putti afgewisseld door cameeën in geëmailleerde lauwerkransen. De cuppa wordt geleed door een lauwerkrans. Het door een opengewerkte rand omgeven deksel is op overeenkomstige wijze versierd en wordt bekroond met een door vier tritonen gedragen koepelvormige sokkel waarop een adelaar met rijksappel.
Inscriptions / marks
- town mark
- date letter
- maker's mark
- inscription: ‘MINUS.; CYRUS.; ALEX. MAG.; ROMA.; IULIUS CAES.; AUGUSTUS.; TIBERIUS.; C. CALIGULA.; CLAUDIUS.; NERO.; SER. GALBA.; OTTO; VITELLIUS.; VESPASIANUS; TITUS. DOMITIANUS’
- inscription: ‘IANUS; SATURN.; IUPITER; SOL; MERCUR.; MARS; VENUS; LUNA’
- stamp
Creation
Creation
maker: attributed to Abraham Valck, Antwerp
Dating
1625 - 1626
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Dimensions
height 49.5 cm x diameter 17.5 cm
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Provenance
…; donated by King Frederick IV of Denmark (1671-1730) to Tsar Peter the Great (1672-1725);{Von Falke 1936, p. 204, no. Si. 28.}…; collection Hermitage, Petersburg;{Von Falke 1936, p. 204, no. Si. 28.}…; collection Dr Fritz Mannheimer (1890-1939), Amsterdam and Paris, 1936;{Von Falke 1936, p. 204, no. Si.28.} 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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