Design for a silver centrepiece

workshop of Claude Ballin (II), c. 1745 - c. 1747

This is a full-scale presentation drawing of a centerpiece made by the famous goldsmith Claude Ballin II in 1747. The piece was doubtless commissioned by a foreigner, probably the Englishman Sir Gilbert Heathcote. The drawing may have been sent to him for his approval; eventually, various elements were executed somewhat differently.

  • Artwork typedesign drawing
  • Object numberRP-T-2014-48
  • Dimensionsheight 510 mm x width 750 mm
  • Physical characteristicsgrafiet, pen in bruin en penseel in grijs

Identification

  • Title(s)

    • Design for a silver Centrepiece
    • Design for a silver centrepiece

  • Object type

  • Object number

    RP-T-2014-48

Creation

  • Creation

    draftsman (artist): workshop of Claude Ballin (II), Paris

  • Dating

    c. 1745 - c. 1747

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    grafiet, pen in bruin en penseel in grijs

  • Dimensions

    height 510 mm x width 750 mm

This work is about

  • Subject

Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    Purchased with the support of the Stichting Dr Hendrik Muller's Vaderlandsch Fonds and the Decorative Art Fund/Rijksmuseum Fonds

  • Acquisition

    purchase 2014-07-10

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; anonymous sale, Geneva (Christie's), 17 November 1992, no. 82 (unsold); reputedly Helmut Seling, Munich; art dealer Martin Kiener, Zurich, from whom bought by the museum

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