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Millefleurs with Animals (Fragment)
anonymous, anoniem, anoniem, anonymous, c. 1525 - c. 1550
Tapestry (fragment). Verdure with birds and panther. Wool. Southern Netherlands, c. 1475.
- Artwork typetapestry
- Object numberBK-17252
- Dimensionsheight 146 cm x width 126.5 cm
Identification
Title(s)
Millefleurs with Animals (Fragment)
Object type
Object number
BK-17252
Description
Fragment van een mille-fleurs-tapijt. Een blauw-zwart fond is harmonieus bezaaid met in rozetvorm groeiende plantjes met uitwaaierende bloemstengels. Herkenbaar zijn de koekoeksbloem, viooltje, maagdenpalm, madeliefje en verschillende klokjesbloemen. Hiertussen houden zich kleine dieren schuil, als een duif, hoentje, fazant, haan, reiger en half afgesneden, een lynx.
Creation
Creation
- maker: anoniem, Southern Netherlands
- maker: anonymous, Southern Netherlands
- maker: anoniem, Bruges
- maker: anonymous, Bruges
Dating
c. 1525 - c. 1550
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Material
Technique
Dimensions
height 146 cm x width 126.5 cm
Explanatory note
Guy Delmarcel, Gli arazzi dei Gonzaga nel Rinascimento, Milaan 2010, p. 54 (afb.). Vermeldt en toont een vergelijkbaar wandtapijt.
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Provenance
…; sale, Raoul Heilbronner (1847-1941, Paris), Paris (Drouot), 9 (exact day unknown) November 1921 sqq., no. 507; …; collection Dr Fritz Mannheimer (1890-1939), Amsterdam and Paris, before 1933;{Photo album ‘Het huis van Dr F. Mannheimer, Amsterdam’, 1928-32, Rijksmuseum, inv. no. B-F-1963-426-12.} from whom, 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. 61, no. Tap 8, Artistic no. 31/10; 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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