Two Vases

workshop of Saracchi, c. 1570 - c. 1585

Various rulers created treasure chambers as a way of displaying their knowledge, wealth, and power. These vases were prominent showpieces in the Kunstkammer in Dresden founded by Augustus, Elector of Saxony, in 1560. In the course of his life he assembled a large collection of around 40 vases, which together were valued at no less than 12,000 thalers (26,000 guilders).

  • Artwork typevase
  • Object numberBK-17110-A
  • Dimensionsheight 26.6 cm x diameter 9.6 cm, diameter 8 cm
  • Physical characteristicsrock crystal; mount: gold, enamel

Identification

  • Title(s)

    • Vase
    • Two Vases

  • Object type

  • Object number

    BK-17110-A

  • Description

    Peervormige vaas van bergkristal met gewelfde deksel en staande op een hoge voet. Montuur van goud en email. Versierd met tritonen temidden van golven, schepen en draken in slijpwerk.

Creation

  • Creation

    maker: workshop of Saracchi, Milaan

  • Dating

    c. 1570 - c. 1585

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    rock crystal; mount: gold, enamel

  • Dimensions

    • height 26.6 cm x diameter 9.6 cm
    • diameter 8 cm

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  • Subject

Acquisition and rights

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; Grünes Gewolbe, Dresden;{Note RMA.}; from whom transferred to the Royal House of Wettin, Schloss Moritzbrug, 1924;{According to numbers on the object, V 265; According to email C. Nagel, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, 08-02-2017..} …; collection Dr Fritz Mannheimer (1890-1939), Amsterdam and Paris, probably before 1934, 1936;{NHA, 476, RMA Archive, inv. no. 2142, Recapitulatie der geïnventariseerde kunstvoorwerpen van wijlen Dr F. Mannheimer, undated, p. 38, no. Pr 90 a/b, with note ‘oud bezit buiten Artistic gehouden’; Von Falke 1936, p. 52, no. K.98a,b.} purchased from his estate, 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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