Medaillon met een ridder van het Gulden vlies

anonymous, c. 1600 - c. 1620

Medallion, knight of the Golden Fleece. Gold, diamonds, bloodstone jasper and enamel. Germany, c. 1600-1620.

  • Artwork typelocket
  • Object numberBK-17063
  • Dimensionsheight 10.3 cm x width 5.7 cm x depth 1.1 cm x weight 80 g

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Medaillon met een ridder van het Gulden vlies

  • Object type

  • Object number

    BK-17063

  • Description

    Ovaal medaillon van bloedjaspis, waarin een vliesridder met commandostaf is gesneden. Er omheen een montuur van goud, email, tafel geslepen diamanten en een robijn. Onderaan het gulden vlies. Achterzijde medaillon uit transparant, gefaceteerd glas met scharnier aan twee zijden.

Creation

  • Creation

    maker: anonymous, Germany

  • Dating

    c. 1600 - c. 1620

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Material and technique

  • Dimensions

    height 10.3 cm x width 5.7 cm x depth 1.1 cm x weight 80 g

This work is about

  • Subject

Acquisition and rights

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; sale, Raoul Heilbronner (1847-1941, Paris), Paris (Drouot), 9 (exact date unknown) November 1921 sqq., no. 247, frs 4,000, to the dealer E. Ruegg, Lausanne;…; 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 22, Artistic no. 14/12; 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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