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Struisvogelei op basis van verguld brons, met geschilderde voorstelling van een dans in de open lucht, met orkest
attributed to Jean-Étienne Lebel, c. 1760 - c. 1765
Ostrich egg, painted, on base of gilt bronze. Paris, c. 1760 - 1775.
- Artwork typestruisvogelei
- Object numberBK-16907
- Dimensionsheight 23.7 cm x diameter 12.8 cm x weight 591 gr, diameter 7.5 cm
- Physical characteristicsveelkleurig beschilderd struisvogelei met verguld bronzen montuur
Identification
Title(s)
Struisvogelei op basis van verguld brons, met geschilderde voorstelling van een dans in de open lucht, met orkest
Object type
Object number
BK-16907
Description
Struisvogelei op verguld bronzen basis, beschilderd met een voorstelling van een dans in de open lucht. Rechts is een orkest gezeten, links de toeschouwers, geschilderd in de trant van Watteau. De achterzijde is beschilderd met bruine rocaillemotieven en zilverwitte takjes op een blauwzwarte grond.
Catalogue reference
- Paul Grigaut, 'An eighteenth century ostrich egg', Bulletin of the Detroit Institute of Arts 39 (1959/60), p. 86.
- Ronald Winokur, 'An ostrich egg painted by Le Bel and mounted by Gouthière', Bulletin of the Detroit Institute of Arts 55 (1977), p. 160.
Creation
Creation
- painter: attributed to Jean-Étienne Lebel, Paris
- bronswerker: anoniem, Paris
- bronswerker: anonymous, Paris
Dating
- c. 1760 - c. 1765
- c. 1765 - c. 1775
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Physical description
veelkleurig beschilderd struisvogelei met verguld bronzen montuur
Material
Technique
Dimensions
- height 23.7 cm x diameter 12.8 cm x weight 591 gr
- diameter 7.5 cm
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Provenance
…; sale, Sigismond Bardac, Paris (Galerie Georges Petit), 10 May 1920 sqq., no. 21 bis, frs 25,100;{Copy RKD.} …; sale, Joseph Bardac, Paris (Galerie Georges Petit), 9 December 1927, no. 15; …; 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. 91, no. Br 85, Artistic no. 21/38; 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.
Documentation
- Paul Grigaut, 'An eighteenth century ostrich egg', Bulletin of the Detroit Institute of Arts 39 (1959/60), p. 86.
- Ronald Winokur, 'An ostrich egg painted by Le Bel and mounted by Gouthière', Bulletin of the Detroit Institute of Arts 55 (1977), p. 160.
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