Roerdomp

Meissener Porzellan Manufaktur, c. 1750

Two bitterns. Porcelain. Meissen, c. 1750, the model by Johann Joachim Kändler.

  • Artwork typefigure
  • Object numberBK-17498-A
  • Dimensionsheight 37 cm x width 18 cm x depth 12.5 cm, diameter 12.5 cm

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Roerdomp

  • Object type

  • Object number

    BK-17498-A

  • Description

    Figuur van beschilderd porselein. De figuur stelt een roerdomp voor, staande op een onregelmatig rond voetstuk, geleund tegen een dikke bos waterplanten in groen beschilderd. De veren zijn beschilderd in diverse tinten bruin, zwart en geel. De bovenkant van de kop is zwart. De figuur is gemerkt.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    factory mark


Creation

  • Creation

    • porcelain company: Meissener Porzellan Manufaktur, Meissen
    • porseleinmodelleur: attributed to Johann Joachim Kändler, Meissen
  • Dating

    c. 1750

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Material and technique

  • Dimensions

    • height 37 cm x width 18 cm x depth 12.5 cm
    • diameter 12.5 cm

Acquisition and rights

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  • Provenance

    …; Gatschina Palace, near Petersburg;{Von Falke 1936, p. 281, no. Po. 95 a-d.} …; 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. 8, no. Pot 96 a/b, Artistic no. 23/89; 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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