Zwaan van veelkleurig beschilderd porselein, in montuur van brons

anonymous, 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 41 cm, height 22 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: anonymous, Paris
    • porcelain company: Meissener Porzellan Manufaktur, Meissen
    • porseleinmodelleur: attributed to Johann Joachim Kändler, Meissen
    • porcelain company: Vincennes (possibly), Vincennes (Val-de-Marne)
    • porcelain company: manner of, Sèvres

  • Dating

    • c. 1748
    • c. 1750

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Material and technique

  • Dimensions

    • height 41 cm
    • height 22 cm

Acquisition and rights

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • 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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