Plaquette van de Merkelsche Tafelaufsatz

Wenzel Jamnitzer, 1549

Plaquette die onder het tafelstuk gemonteerd heeft gezeten. Op deze plaquette heeft vroeger een tekst gestaan, die weer is verwijderd.

  • Artwork typeplaque, table piece
  • Object numberBK-17040-A-1
  • Dimensionsheight 2.4 cm x diameter 9 cm

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Table ornament

Wenzel Jamnitzer, 1549

Table ornament

Balance standard with a counterweight

attributed to workshop of Wenzel Jamnitzer, c. 1560 - c. 1570

Balance standard with a counterweight

Balance standard with a counterweight

attributed to workshop of Wenzel Jamnitzer, c. 1560 - c. 1570

Balance standard with a counterweight

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Plaquette van de Merkelsche Tafelaufsatz

  • Object type

  • Object number

    BK-17040-A-1

  • Description

    Plaquette die onder het tafelstuk gemonteerd heeft gezeten. Op deze plaquette heeft vroeger een tekst gestaan, die weer is verwijderd.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    • town mark: ‘N’
    • maker's mark

Creation

  • Creation

    maker: Wenzel Jamnitzer, Neurenberg

  • Dating

    1549

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Material and technique

  • Dimensions

    height 2.4 cm x diameter 9 cm

Acquisition and rights

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    See the provenance fot BK-17040-A.

  • 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

    • Fieke Tissink, 'Uitgelijnd : Tafelstuk', Rijksmuseum Kunstkrant 27 (2001) nr. 4, p. 10-11.
    • Ernst Kris, '"Der Stil ‘Rustique"’. Die Verwendung des Naturabgusses bei Wenzel Jamnitzer und Bernard Palissy', Jahrbuch der Kunsthistorischen Sammlungen in Wien, Neue Folge, I (1926), p. 137-208.
    • Hermann Schadt, Goldschmiedekusnt. 5000 Jahre Schmuck und Gerät, Stuttgart 1996, p. 112.
    • Klaus Pechstein, 'Zur Nürnberger Goldschmiedekunst der Renaissance', in: cat. tent. Nürnberg 1985, p. 25-36.
    • Dora Thornton, 'From Waddesdon to the British Museum. Baron Ferdinand Rothschild and his cabinet collection' in: Journal of the History of Collections, Bd. 13, dl. 2, 2001, p. 191-213.
    • J. van Bennekom, Q. Lemasson, L. Pichon, B. Moignard and A. Pappot, ‘The Merkel centrepiece by Wenzel Jamnitzer: proving the existence of a previously unknown inscription using the Aglae pixe mapping system’ in Art Matters, International Journal for Technical Art History 6 (2014), 1-10. http://artmattersjournal.org/images/past_issues/volume_6/01-AM-Bennekom-v2.pdf , 8 maart 2016.
    • Ernst Kris, Le Style rustique. Le moulage d’après nature chez Wenzel Jamnitzer et Bernard Palissy, Patricia Falguières éd., Paris, 2005.

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