Pair of wall lights

anonymous, c. 1780 - c. 1785

The airy, elegant style of these wall lights is characteristic of the 1780s. The rams’ heads, the thyrsus (staff wound with laurel branches) and the bunches of grapes refer to Bacchus, the god of wine. Wall lights of this particular model were ordered by various members of the French royal family.

  • Artwork typelighting device, sconce
  • Object numberBK-16901-A
  • Dimensionsheight 66.3 cm x width 35.9 cm x depth 16.3 cm, weight 6.6 kg
  • Physical characteristicsverguld brons, met sporen van verzilvering

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Pair of wall lights

  • Object type

  • Object number

    BK-16901-A

  • Description

    Verguld bronzen wandarm. De stafvormige stam is omwonden door bladranken en draagt onderaan een granaatappel en staand acanthusblad; in het midden een vrouwenkop. De stam wordt bekroond door bladornamenten en een granaatappel. De twee C-vormige gecanneleerde en getordeerde armen dragen bovenaan een ramskop en eindigen in een vaasvormige kaarsenhouder, gevat in acanthusbladeren met druivenranken. Een tweede voluut aan de binnenzijde der armen omvat een vogel, met een afhangende ketting in de bek.


Creation

  • Creation

    bronzeworker: anonymous, Paris

  • Dating

    c. 1780 - c. 1785

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    verguld brons, met sporen van verzilvering

  • Dimensions

    • height 66.3 cm x width 35.9 cm x depth 16.3 cm
    • weight 6.6 kg

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  • Provenance

    …; 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. 92, no. Br 91a/b, Artistic no. 8/6; 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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