Portrait Medallion of Augustus (63 BC-14 AD)

anonymous, c. 1745 - c. 1800

Een medaillon van parelmoer, waarop een afbeelding is gesneden van een Romeinse keizer, met randschrift:: CAES. AVGVST.

  • Artwork typelocket
  • Object numberBK-NM-5034-B
  • Dimensionsheight 2.2 cm x width 1.8 cm
  • Physical characteristicsmother-of-pearl

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Identification

  • Title(s)

    Portrait Medallion of Augustus (63 BC-14 AD)

  • Object type

  • Object number

    BK-NM-5034-B

  • Description

    Een medaillon van parelmoer, waarop een afbeelding is gesneden van een Romeinse keizer, met randschrift:: CAES. AVGVST.

  • Part of catalogue

Creation

  • Creation

    sculptor: anonymous, Northern Netherlands

  • Dating

    c. 1745 - c. 1800

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    mother-of-pearl

  • Dimensions

    height 2.2 cm x width 1.8 cm

Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    Gift of J.J. Bredius, Amsterdam

  • Acquisition

    gift 1880

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; collection J.J. Bredius (1822-1894), Amsterdam; by whom donated to the Nederlandsch Museum voor Geschiedenis en Kunst, The Hague, 1880; transferred to the museum, 1885

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anonymous

Portrait Medallion of Augustus (63 BC-14 AD)

Northern Netherlands, c. 1745 - c. 1800

Inscriptions

  • Inscription, below, incised: CÆS·AVGVST

Technical notes

Carved in relief.

Condition

Good.

Provenance

…; collection J.J. Bredius (1822-1894), Amsterdam; by whom donated to the Nederlandsch Museum voor Geschiedenis en Kunst, The Hague, 1880; transferred to the museum, 1885

Object number: BK-NM-5034-B

Credit line: Gift of J.J. Bredius, Amsterdam

Entry

See the entry on BK-NM-5034-A.

Literature

J. Leeuwenberg with the assistance of W. Halsema-Kubes, Beeldhouwkunst in het Rijksmuseum, coll. cat. Amsterdam 1973, no. 417, with earlier literature; C. Theuerkauff, Die Bildwerke in Elfenbein des 16-19 Jahrhunderts (Staatliche Museen Preussischer Kulturbesitz: Die Bildwerke der Skulpturengalerie Berlin 2), coll. cat. Berlin 1986, p. 312; K.A. Möller, Elfenbein: Kunstwerke des Barock, coll. cat. Schwerin (Staatliches Museum) 2000, p. 254, note 2

Citation

B. van der Mark, 2025, 'anonymous, Portrait Medallion of Augustus (63 BC-14 AD), Northern Netherlands, c. 1745 - c. 1800', in F. Scholten and B. van der Mark (eds.), European Sculpture in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/20037826

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