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Snuifdoos van goud, rechthoekig, met op het deksel en op de wanden geëmailleerde versieringen van dansende nymfen met Amors
anonymous, c. 1890 - c. 1910
Snuffbox. Gold, enamel. Paris, 1780 - 1781, by Pierre Louis Gaillard.
- Artwork typebox, snuffbox
- Object numberBK-17155
- Dimensionsheight 4 cm x width 7.6 cm x depth 5.9 cm
Identification
Title(s)
Snuifdoos van goud, rechthoekig, met op het deksel en op de wanden geëmailleerde versieringen van dansende nymfen met Amors
Object type
Object number
BK-17155
Description
Rechthoekige gouden doos. Op het deksel in een geëmailleerd ovaal een dansende nymf met Amor in grisaille. De overige zijden zijn op overeenkomstige wijze versierd.
Inscriptions / marks
- date letter (false)
- maker's mark (false): ‘PG’
- duty mark (false)
Creation
Creation
- goldsmith: anonymous, unknown
- goldsmith: P.L. Gaillard, Paris [rejected attribution]
Dating
c. 1890 - c. 1910
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Material and technique
Dimensions
height 4 cm x width 7.6 cm x depth 5.9 cm
Explanatory note
De snuifdoos is vervaardigd in de late 19e of vroege 20e eeuw en voorzien van valse 18e eeuwse Parijse merken. R.J. Baarsen in: Murdoch & Zech, 2014.
Acquisition and rights
Copyright
Provenance
…; from Dr Fritz Mannheimer (1890-1939), Amsterdam and Paris, 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. 41, no. Pr 144, Artistic no. 19/24; 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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