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Zonnewijzer
Een ijzeren zonnewijzer bekroond door een loden draak (BK-16973-1). Het stenen voetstuk ontbreekt.
- Artwork typesundial
- Object numberBK-16973
- Dimensionsdiameter 53 cm x diameter 64 cm


Identification
Title(s)
Zonnewijzer
Object type
Object number
BK-16973
Description
Een ijzeren zonnewijzer bekroond door een loden draak (BK-16973-1). Het stenen voetstuk ontbreekt.
Creation
Dating
c. 1699 - c. 1749
Material and technique
Material
Dimensions
diameter 53 cm x diameter 64 cm
Acquisition and rights
Copyright
Provenance
…; collection Dr Fritz Mannheimer (1890-1939), Amsterdam and Paris, before 1933;{Photo album ‘Het huis van Dr F. Mannheimer, Amsterdam’, 1928-32, Rijksmuseum, inv. no. B-F-1963-426-2.} from whom, 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. 102, nos. Yz. 30, Artistic no. 42/13; 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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