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Wandarm van verguld brons met twee armen en liervormige stam
anonymous, 1775 - 1800
Two wall-lights. Gilt bronze. Paris, c. 1780.
- Artwork typefurniture, lighting device, sconce
- Object numberBK-16900-A
- Dimensionsheight 71.5 cm x width 37.5 cm x depth 16.5 cm
Identification
Title(s)
Wandarm van verguld brons met twee armen en liervormige stam
Object type
Object number
BK-16900-A
Description
Verguld bronzen wandarm, met twee armen. Aan de onderkant van de liervormige stam bevindt zich een saterskop met bacchusinstrumenten en aan de bovenkant een slang, die zich onderaan door een festoen kronkelt en bovenaan door een strik opgehouden wordt. De C-vormige armen dragen bovenop een bladvoluut, waar een festoen met druiventrossen doorheen loopt, die de beide armen met elkaar verbinden. De vetvangers zijn omgeven met druiventrossen en vruchten. Zie tevens: BK-16900-b.
Creation
Creation
anonymous, France
Dating
1775 - 1800
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Dimensions
height 71.5 cm x width 37.5 cm x depth 16.5 cm
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Provenance
…; sale, Joseph Bardac, Paris (Galerie Georges Petit), 9 December 1927, no. 74, with pendant, BK-16900-B, frs 72,000;{GRI, Digital Collections, Duveen Brothers records, Series II. Correspondence and papers. Series II.A. Files regarding works of art: Bardac Sale, 1927, list, 10 December 1927.} …; 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 90 a/b, Artistic no. 21/39; 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
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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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