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Snuifdoos van goud, rechthoekig en op alle zijden versierd met landschapsschilderingen achter glas
Jean George, 1753
Snuffbox. Gold, paintings in gouache. Paris, 1757 - 1758, by Jean George, the paintings by Louis-Nicolas van Blarenberghe.
- Artwork typesnuffbox
- Object numberBK-17150
- Dimensionsheight 4.2 cm x width 7.7 cm x depth 5.7 cm x weight 207 gr
- Physical characteristicsgoud, gouache en glas


Identification
Title(s)
Snuifdoos van goud, rechthoekig en op alle zijden versierd met landschapsschilderingen achter glas
Object type
Object number
BK-17150
Description
Snuifdoos van goud, rechthoekig. Op alle zijden miniatuur landschapsschilderingen achter glas.
Inscriptions / marks
- countermark
- signature: ‘GEORGE A PARIS’
- duty mark
- silver mark
- signature and date: ‘v Blarenberghe [1]753’
- date letter
Creation
Creation
- goldsmith: Jean George, Paris
- painter: Louis Nicolas van Blarenberghe, Paris
Dating
1753
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Material and technique
Physical description
goud, gouache en glas
Material
Dimensions
height 4.2 cm x width 7.7 cm x depth 5.7 cm x weight 207 gr
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Acquisition and rights
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Provenance
…; sale, Leningrader Museen und Schlosser, Berlin (Rudolph Lepke), 6 November 1928 sqq., no. 258;…; 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. 41, no. Pr 139, Artistic no. 22/57; 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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