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Titus Flavius Vespasianus (39-81 AD)
anonymous, c. 1745 - c. 1800
Een medaillon van parelmoer, waarop een afbeelding is gesneden van een Romeinse keizer, met randschrift: TIT.VESP.
- Artwork typelocket
- Object numberBK-NM-5034-K
- Dimensionsheight 2.2 cm x width 1.8 cm
- Physical characteristicsmother-of-pearl
Identification
Title(s)
Titus Flavius Vespasianus (39-81 AD)
Object type
Object number
BK-NM-5034-K
Description
Een medaillon van parelmoer, waarop een afbeelding is gesneden van een Romeinse keizer, met randschrift: TIT.VESP.
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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
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 Titus Flavius Vespasianus (39-81 AD)
Northern Netherlands, c. 1745 - c. 1800
Inscriptions
Inscription, below, incised: VESPASI:
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-K
Credit line: Gift of J.J. Bredius, Amsterdam
The artist
Biography
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 Titus Flavius Vespasianus (39-81 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/20037835
(accessed 22 December 2025 22:20:41).