Collar with the Nassau Coat of Arms

anonymous, anoniem, anoniem, anonymous, 1689

This collar entered the Rijksmuseum collection as a dog collar in 1881. The coat of arms belongs to Anna Isabella of Bavaria-Schagen, wife of Maurits, Count of Nassau-La Lecq. Paulus was called ‘her moor’ at his baptism in 1674 and her husband had himself portrayed with a Black young man with a collar. Could this collar have been worn by a human being?

  • Artwork typehalsband
  • Object numberBK-NM-5144
  • Dimensionsheight 2.8 cm x diameter 12 cm
  • Physical characteristicsmessing