Pendant in the shape of a toad

anonymous, c. 1600 - c. 1620

Around 1600, crawly creatures also found their way into fashion: dresses with embroidered butterflies, bags in the shape of a frog, and jewels featuring a lizard. The shape of the baroque pearl probably provided the inspiration for this toad. However, there was another connection. Baroque pearls were considered examples of inventive nature creating something beautiful out of non-living matter. Moreover, toads were thought to develop from non-living matter (spontaneous generation).

  • Artwork typependant (jewelry)
  • Object numberBK-17061
  • Dimensionsheight 5.8 cm x width 3.5 cm
  • Physical characteristicsgedeeltelijk geëmailleerd goud, parels en edelstenen

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Pendant in the shape of a toad

  • Object type

  • Object number

    BK-17061

  • Description

    Hanger in de vorm van een pad. Gevormd uit barokparels, goud en email.

Creation

  • Creation

    jeweler: anonymous, Spain (possibly)

  • Dating

    c. 1600 - c. 1620

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    gedeeltelijk geëmailleerd goud, parels en edelstenen

  • Dimensions

    height 5.8 cm x width 3.5 cm

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  • Subject

Exhibitions

Acquisition and rights

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; sale, Raoul Heilbronner (1847-1941, Paris), Paris (Drouot), 9 (exact day unknown) November 1921 sqq., no. 254, frs 2,000, to the dealer E. Ruegg, Lausanne;{Copy CIWi.} …; 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;{NHA, 476, RMA Archive, inv. no. 2142, Recapitulatie der geïnventariseerde kunstvoorwerpen van wijlen Dr F. Mannheimer, undated, p. 34, no. Pr 19, Artistic no. 15/26; NHA, 233, Arrondissementsrechtbank Amsterdam, inv. no. 1365, “O.R. 256/1939, Faillissementsdossier: nalatenschap Dr. F. Mannheimer, 28 augustus 1939”, image 3, page 2.} purchased from Mendelssohn & Co. Bank, en bloc, by the Dienststelle Mühlmann, The Hague, for Adolf Hitler's Führermuseum, Linz, 1940;{Korthals Altes 1974, pp. 21-22.} war recuperation, SNK, 1945;{HNA, SNK Archive, 2.08.42, inv. no. 548.} on loan, with 1,702 other objects, from the DRVK to the museum, 1952;{Note RMA.} 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.

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