Nautilus cup

Joachim Hiller, c. 1600

This nautilus shell has been cleverly used to represent the body of a realistically rendered ostrich. Ever since Classical antiquity this bird has been a symbol of virtue. Even though it cannot fly, it surpasses all other twolegged creatures in the speed with which it can run. Virtue thus always triumphs.

Artwork typenautilus shell cup
Object numberBK-1958-44
Dimensionsheight 42.4 cm x width 19.7 cm x depth 11.5 cm

Identification

Title(s)
Nautilus cup
Object type
Object number
BK-1958-44
Description
Nautilusbeker met verguld zilveren montuur, in de vorm van een struisvogel. De schelp is beschilderd met draperieën, boeketten en vogels. In de kop van de struisvogel is een amethist gevat. In de gedreven voetrand zijn, tussen voluten en struisveren, tweemaal een kinderkop, twee toegewende bokken en twee afgewende paarden afgebeeld.
Inscriptions / marks
- maker's mark
- town mark

Creation

Creation
maker: Joachim Hiller, Breslau
Dating
c. 1600
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Material and technique

Dimensions
height 42.4 cm x width 19.7 cm x depth 11.5 cm

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Subject

Acquisition and rights

Copyright
Public domain
Provenance
…; collection Kremlin, Moscow, 1911;{Von Falke 1936, p. 200, no. Si. 23; Hintze/Masner 1911, p. 18.}…; collection Dr Fritz Mannheimer (1890-1939) Amsterdam and Paris, 1936;{Von Falke 1936, p. 200, no. Si. 23.} purchased from his estate, 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, 1958
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.

Documentation

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