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Zwaan van veelkleurig beschilderd porselein, in montuur van brons
anoniem, c. 1748
Two candelabra. Porcelain and gilt bronze. The porcelain Meissen, c. 1750, the model by J.J. Kändler; the gilt bronze Paris, c. 1750.
- Artwork typelighting device, candelabra
- Object numberBK-17500-A
- Dimensionsheight 22 cm, height 41.0 cm


Identification
Title(s)
Zwaan van veelkleurig beschilderd porselein, in montuur van brons
Object type
Object number
BK-17500-A
Description
Zwaan van veelkleurig beschilderd porselein, op voetstuk met plastische bladversiering in blauwgroen, groen en geel. De zwaan heeft om de hals een ring van verguld brons. De zwaan is geplaatst in een verguld bronzen montuur in rococo-stijl, in de vorm van een drie-armige kandelaber, waaraan bloemen van porselein in blauw, roze, groen en violet zijn bevestigd. De zwaan in gemerkt.
Inscriptions / marks
factory mark
Creation
Creation
- maker: anoniem, Paris
- porcelain company: Meissener Porzellan Manufaktur, Meissen
- porseleinmodelleur: attributed to Johann Joachim Kändler, Meissen
- porcelain company: Vincennes, Vincennes
- porcelain company , Sèvres
Dating
- c. 1748
- c. 1750
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Dimensions
- height 22 cm
- height 41.0 cm
Acquisition and rights
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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. 9, no. Por 104 a/b, Artistic no. 8/12; 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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