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Medaillon met de H. Helena met kruis en keizerskroon
anoniem, c. 1200
Medallion with Saint Helena with a cross and an Emperor's crown. Rock crystal, gold, enamel and émail en résille. Spain, c. 1600.
- Artwork typependant (jewelry)
- Object numberBK-17066
- Dimensionsheight 11.5 cm x width 6.5 cm
- Physical characteristicsbergkristal; zetting: goud, email, en émail en résille


Identification
Title(s)
Medaillon met de H. Helena met kruis en keizerskroon
Object type
Object number
BK-17066
Description
Hanger van goud en bergkristal. In het bergkristal is de H. Helena met kruis en keizerskroon gesneden.
Creation
Creation
- jeweler: anoniem, Byzantium (possibly)
- jeweler: anoniem, Europe
- jeweler: anoniem, Spain [rejected attribution]
Dating
- c. 1200
- c. 1800 - c. 1850
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Material and technique
Physical description
bergkristal; zetting: goud, email, en émail en résille
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height 11.5 cm x width 6.5 cm
Acquisition and rights
Copyright
Provenance
…; sale, Raoul Heilbronner (1847-1941, Paris), Paris (Drouot), 9 (exact day unknown) November 1921 sqq., no. 246, frs 1,700, 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 25, Artistic no. 14/10; 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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