Portrait Medallion of Cornelis de Witt (1623-1672)

anonymous, c. 1735 - c. 1750

Portrait medallions of the De Witt brothers. Ivory, Northern Netherlands, 17th century.

  • Artwork typerelief (sculpture)
  • Object numberBK-18760-B
  • Dimensionsheight 10.5 cm x width 8.2 cm x depth 2.2 cm
  • Physical characteristicsivory

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Portrait Medallion of Cornelis de Witt (1623-1672)

  • Object type

  • Object number

    BK-18760-B

  • Description

    Ivoren medaillonportret van Cornelis de Witt, naar prent FM2421b.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    inscription, on the reverse, in ink: ‘Cornelis de Witt / D. Franken Dz’

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Creation

  • Creation

    ivory carver: anonymous, Netherlands

  • Dating

    c. 1735 - c. 1750

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    ivory

  • Dimensions

    height 10.5 cm x width 8.2 cm x depth 2.2 cm

This work is about

  • Person

  • Subject

  • Period

    1650 - 1672

Acquisition and rights

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; sale collection J. Moyet, Amsterdam (Huis met de Hoofden), 13 April 1859, no. 476, fl. 61, to Isaac Meulman (1807-1868), Amsterdam; from whom, Amsterdam 13 April 1869, no. 154, to Daniel Franken Dzn. (1838-1898), Le Vésinet; ? by whom bequeathed to the museum, 1898; first recorded in the museum, with pendant [BK-18760-A](https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/20035669), 1960{R. van Luttervelt, ‘Herinneringen aan Johan en Cornelis de Witt in het Rijksmuseum’, _Bulletin van het Rijksmuseum_ 8 (1960), pp. 27-63, esp. pp. 36, 49.}

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