Garden Vase with Marine Creatures, Allegory of the Navy?

anonymous, c. 1800

  • Artwork typesculpture
  • Object numberBK-NM-8921
  • Dimensionsheight 93 cm x diameter 73 cm x diameter 59 cm (base) x weight 424 kg (total)
  • Physical characteristicsmarble

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Garden Vase with Marine Creatures, Allegory of the Navy?

  • Object type

  • Object number

    BK-NM-8921

  • Part of catalogue

Creation

  • Creation

    sculptor: anonymous, Northern Netherlands

  • Dating

    c. 1800

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    marble

  • Dimensions

    height 93 cm x diameter 73 cm x diameter 59 cm (base) x weight 424 kg (total)

Acquisition and rights

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; ? Huis ten Bosch Palace, The Hague;{G.C.W. Bohnensieg, ‘Het Rijks Magazijn van Geneesmiddelen te Amsterdam’, _Eigen Haard_ (1891), pp. 53-56, esp. p. 54. According to this publication the vases were transferred from Huis ten Bosch to the ’s Rijksmagazijn van Geneesmiddelen during the French Period (1795-1813).} from ’s Rijksmagazijn van Geneesmiddelen (National Repository of Medicine), 8 Lange Voorhout, The Hague,{Note RMA.} transferred by the Ministerie van Oorlog (Department of War), to the museum, with BK-NM-8922, 1889

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  • Garden Vase with Marine Creatures, Allegory of the Navy?
  • Garden Vase with Marine Creatures, Allegory of the Navy?