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Kandelaar met mythologische dierfiguren
attributed to Jean Limosin, 1550 - 1600
Two candlesticks with mythological representations. C. 1625, by Joseph Limousin.
- Artwork typecandlestick
- Object numberBK-17218-A
- Dimensionsheight 24.5 cm, diameter 18 cm
Identification
Title(s)
Kandelaar met mythologische dierfiguren
Object type
Object number
BK-17218-A
Description
Koperen kandelaar, versierd met email champlevé. De ronde voet is versierd met vier ovale medaillons, waarin telkens een mythologische voorstelling is weergegeven, waaronder een vrouw gelegen voor een paard, os, geit en hert; een man (Apollo?) zittend naast een hert; en twee putti op een dolfijn. Op de voet is een vierkante basis aangebracht met daarboven de vierpasvormige stam, welke versierd is met bladranken en vogels.
Creation
Creation
maker: attributed to Jean Limosin, Limoges
Dating
1550 - 1600
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Dimensions
- height 24.5 cm
- diameter 18 cm
Acquisition and rights
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Provenance
…; ? collection Grossherzogliches Museum Darmstadt, possibly 1844;{According to an inventory number mentioned in the RMA inventory book (inv. nos. AE. Kg: 1051/52) and contact with the Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt, inventory is missing; Darmstadt 1844, p. 84, no. 1049-52.} …; 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. 56, no. EM 21 a/b, Artistic no. 11/49; 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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