Dutch Design in the Age of Rembrandt
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Andries Grill
Andries Grill was one of the master silversmiths in The Hague who preferred to work with kwab ornament.
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Andries Grill
The kwab in Grill's basin comes in the form of noses, eyes and masks. These monstrous elements remain subordinate to the overall design.
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Luiermandskast
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This layette cupboard has a kwab base with a monstrous mask, and was ordered especially for the belongings of a new-born baby.
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Zelfportret
Ferdinand Bol
This self portrait by Ferdinand Bol comes with a kwab frame where auricular shapes are combined with realistic motifs like flowers.
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Twee tafels
Pieter Hendricksz. Schut
In these designs for tables, Gerbrand van den Eeckhout combines undulating auricular shapes with fashionably classical fruit garlands.
Het Koorhek van de Nieuwe Kerk te…
Johannes Lutma (1624-1689)
Johannes Lutma was responsible for the design of the choir screen of the New Church in Amsterdam, combining gothic and auricular motifs.
Kaarsenkroon
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On this Amsterdam chandelier dated 1650, auricular features are limited to the stylized monsters from which the branches spring.
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Johannes Lutma (1584-1669)
This design for an auricular condiment dish was recently discovered and bought by the museum. It can be attributed to Johannes Lutma.
Portret van Johannes Lutma
Rembrandt van Rijn
Rembrandt depicted his friend Johannes Lutma with the drinking cup which he designed in 1641, indicating its importance.
Portret van Johannes Lutma
Jacob Adriaensz. Backer
Lutma had himself painted with a saltcellar like those shown in this collection. He must have seen it as one of his most important designs.
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Theodorus van Kessel
This series of 48 designs is called the Constighe Modellen.
Schenkkan op voet
Theodorus van Kessel
Print no. 19 from the Constighe Modellen, with a design for a ewer.
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Theodorus van Kessel
These 48 plates with Vianen designs are separated into three parts which all have their own title page. This is the second title page.
Schenkkan met kwabornamenten en…
Theodorus van Kessel
Print no. 8 from the Constighe Modellen, with a design for a ewer.
Schenkkan in de vorm van een triton
Theodorus van Kessel
Print no. 6 from the Constighe Modellen, with a design for a ewer.
Portiek
Theodorus van Kessel
Where most designs in the Constighe Modellen show silverware, this door is completely framed with kwab.
Schelpvormige beker
Theodorus van Kessel
Print no. 3 from the Constighe Modellen, with a design that resembles Adam van Vianen's exceptional cup made in 1625.
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Theodorus van Kessel
Adam's son Christiaen van Vianen publishes his father's designs for all who are interested in this invention of auricular art.
Zes deksels en twee tuiten voor…
Theodorus van Kessel
Print no. 13 from the Constighe Modellen, with designs for six lids for ewers and two spouts.
Kom met vrouw en draak
Theodorus van Kessel
Print no. 12 from the Constighe Modellen, with a design for a sauce boat.
Twee kommen
Theodorus van Kessel
Print no. 10 from the Constighe Modellen, with designs for two bowls.
Pandora
Barend Graat
This painting shows Adam's 1614 ewer, this time as Pandora's box.
Portret van Dirck Volckertsz…
Hendrick Goltzius
This is the first Dutch print showing auricular ornament (below), as what appears to be the skin of an animal with two paws attached.
Bacchus met een drinkschaal
Hendrick Goltzius
This is the first print to show a fully auricular object, in the form of a bowl which is raised by Bacchus.
Spiegellijst
Herman Doomer
Herman Doomer pressed subtle auricular shapes into the baleen that adorns this mirror frame.
Vier begrafenisschilden van het…
Johannes Lutma (1584-1669)
Funeral shields such as these would adorn a coffin and signal to which guild the deceased had belonged.
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Johannes Lutma (1584-1669)
This is the oldest surviving object designed by Johannes Lutma, who would transform the Van Vianen kwab into his own auricular language.
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Johannes Lutma (1584-1669)
They allow for a glimpse of the princely splendour adopted by the Amsterdam elite.
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Johannes Lutma (1584-1669)
This ewer and basin now survive as the only example of such prestigious works of art made by Lutma for a private citizen.
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Toegangspenning schouwburg te…
Johannes Lutma (1584-1669)
Twee zoutvaten
Johannes Lutma (1584-1669)
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Portret van Adam van Vianen
Theodorus van Kessel
As part of the Constighe Modellen, Christiaen published his father's portrait.
Beker met Diana en Actaeon
Fa. Elkington & Co.
The knob of this cup is the first 3D kwab mini object, where kwab is not used as decoration but as the body of the object itself.
Sierdegen
Michiel Esselbeek
The silver hilt of this ceremonial sword is decorated with various creatures which merge with the auricular shapes.
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Twee kannen
John Cooqus
John Cooques, who worked with Christiaen, may have made this jug after Christiaens design for the first one.
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Twee kannen
Christiaen van Vianen
Adam's son Christiaen van Vianen may have made this jug during his time in London, where he also worked for king Charles I and II.
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Drinkschaal
Adam van Vianen (I)
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Tazza (drinkschaal op voet)
Paulus Willemsz. van Vianen
This is Paulus van Vianen's first known artwork on which he applies kwab ornament. Looking closely, the ornament resembles human bones.
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Tazza (drinkschaal op voet)
Adam van Vianen (I)
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Tazza (drinkschaal) met…
Adam van Vianen (I)
This is the earliest known work by Adam van Vianen on which he applies kwab ornament. It can also be seen on the wine cooler in the centre.
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Kabinet
Elias Boscher
This cabinet from Augsburg does not look auricular from afar, but is adorned with kwab gilded silver mounts and a small carved kwab mask.
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Portret van de doelheren der…
Govert Flinck
Portret van een vrouw, mogelijk…
Rembrandt van Rijn
Rembrandt designed many pieces of kwab furniture for his paintings. The auricular railing in this painting may stem from his imagination.
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Stilleven met zilveren kan en…
Willem Kalf
Kwab silver features in many seventeenth-century still life paintings. This ewer resembles one recently bought by the MET in New York.
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Troffel
Johannes Lutma (1584-1669)
This trowel was commissioned by one of the mayors of Amsterdam for the laying of the first stone of the Town Hall on Dam Square.
Cartouche met masker met gapende…
Jacob Lutma
Cartouche met groot compartiment
Jacob Lutma
Kast
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Aan de slag met meesterwerken