Commode

attributed to Charles Cressent, c. 1745 - c. 1750

Cressent was renowned for his commodes fitted with rich gilt-bronze mounts. Sometimes he modelled the mounts in the shape of human figures or animals. Although this example is simpler, it is nevertheless in keeping with Cressent’s pictorial idiom. The mounts do not draw undue attention to the two drawers; the handles are fully integrated into the general design.

  • Artwork typecommode
  • Object numberBK-16650
  • Dimensionsheight 91 cm x width 147 cm x depth 65.5 cm, width 146.5 cm x depth 52.5 cm
  • Physical characteristicseikenhout, gefineerd met violethout en bois satiné, monturen van verguld brons, blad van brèche de Médous gris marmer

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Commode

  • Object type

  • Object number

    BK-16650

  • Description

    Commode versierd met marqueterie van palissander- en mahoniehout op eikenhouten kern en met verguld brons. De overhoeks geplaatste S-vormige hoekstijlen gaan in de poten over. Het dubbel verticaal gebogen front heeft twee laden en beslag, bestaande uit een centraal afhangend bloemfestoen, waarboven een centraal motief waaruit binnenwaarts gerichte C-voluten ontspringen, met tegenhangers op de onderste lade. De gewelfde zijkanten met deur en beslag dragen een bergruimte met plank. Grijs marmeren blad.

Creation

  • Creation

    furniture maker (person): attributed to Charles Cressent, Paris

  • Dating

    c. 1745 - c. 1750

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    eikenhout, gefineerd met violethout en bois satiné, monturen van verguld brons, blad van brèche de Médous gris marmer

  • Dimensions

    • height 91 cm x width 147 cm x depth 65.5 cm
    • width 146.5 cm x depth 52.5 cm

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  • Subject

Acquisition and rights

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; collection Rudolph Maximilian von Goldschmidt-Rothschild (1881-1962), Königstein, Taunus, 1929;{Feulner 1929, p.410.} …; 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; purchased from Mendelssohn & Co. Bank, en bloc, by the Dienststelle Mühlmann, The Hague, for Adolf Hitler's Führermuseum, Linz, 1940; war recuperation, SNK, 1945; on loan, with 1,702 other objects, from the DRVK to the museum, 1952; 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.

Documentation

  • Adolf Feulner, 'Französische Möbel in Deutschland', Pantheon 4 (1929), p. 410, afb. p. 411.

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