Vrouwenfiguur ten halven lijve

Female bust, part of a door-knocker (?). Bronze. Florence, c. 1500 - 1550.

  • Artwork typesculpture
  • Object numberBK-16947
  • Dimensionsheight 17.5 cm x width 13 cm x depth 9 cm

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Vrouwenfiguur ten halven lijve

  • Object type

  • Object number

    BK-16947


Creation

  • Creation

    Florence

  • Dating

    1450 - 1500

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Material and technique

  • Dimensions

    height 17.5 cm x width 13 cm x depth 9 cm


Acquisition and rights

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  • Provenance

    …; collection Gustave Dreyfus (1837-1914), Paris, by 1908;{G. Migeon, ‘La collection de M. Gustave Dreyfus’, _Les Arts_ 73 (1908), p. 31 (with ill.); Ricci 1931, no. 4; note RMA.} ? sold by his heirs with the entire Dreyfus collection to the dealer Duveen, London, New York, and Paris, 1930;{GRI, Digital Collections, Duveen Brothers records, Series I. Business Records. Series I.D. General Business Records: Dreyfus Collection stock, 1930-1931, image 144, no. 84; Mayer 1931, p. 11.} from whom, $15,000, with BK-16940 and one other object, to Dr Fritz Mannheimer (1890-1939), Amsterdam and Paris, 1932;{GRI, Digital Collections, Duveen Brothers records, Series II.I, Collectors’ files: Mannheimer, F., ca. 1924-1948, image 136, no.1, invoice to Dr Fritz Mannheimer, d.d. 24 August 1932.} 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.


Documentation

  • S. de Ricci, 'The Gustave Dreyfus Collection: Renaissance bronzes', 1931, nr. 4, pl. IV


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