Knife with a Handle Representing a Nun with a Book and a Rosary

anonymous, c. 1650 - c. 1700

De non draagt in haar rechter hand een pot

  • Artwork typeknife
  • Object numberBK-NM-2974
  • Physical characteristicsboxwood (knife handle), silver (band), steel (blade)

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Knife with a Handle Representing a Nun with a Book and a Rosary

  • Object type

  • Object number

    BK-NM-2974

  • Description

    De non draagt in haar rechter hand een pot

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Creation

  • Creation

    sculptor: anonymous, Northern Netherlands

  • Dating

    c. 1650 - c. 1700

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    boxwood (knife handle), silver (band), steel (blade)

Acquisition and rights

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; from the dealer Van Gelder, The Hague,{About Van Gelder, see C. Stolwijk, _Uit de schilderswereld: Nederlandse kunstschilders in de tweede helft van de negentiende eeuw_, Leiden 1998, p. 310.} fl. 125, to the Nederlandsch Museum voor Geschiedenis en Kunst, The Hague, 19 September 1876; transferred to the museum, 1885

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  • Knife with a Handle Representing a Nun with a Book and a Rosary
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