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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