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Snuffbox
Jean Ducrollay, c. 1758 - c. 1760
The scenes on this box were copied from works by the 17th-century Flemish painter David Teniers the Younger and the 18th-century French painter François Boucher.
- Artwork typesnuffbox
- Object numberBK-17142
- Dimensionsheight 3.6 cm x width 7.1 cm x depth 5.6 cm x weight 133.87 g
- Physical characteristicsgoud in drie kleuren en email
Identification
Title(s)
Snuffbox
Object type
Object number
BK-17142
Description
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Inscriptions / marks
- date letter
- inscription: ‘No 7284/ [...]EMV/ 27.000(?)’
- countermark
- duty mark
- inscription: ‘107’
- maker's mark
Creation
Creation
- goldsmith: Jean Ducrollay, Paris
- after print by Jacques-Philippe Le Bas
- after print by Gabriel Huquier
- after print by Pierre Alexandre Aveline
- after painting by François Boucher
- after painting by David Teniers (II)
Dating
c. 1758 - c. 1760
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Material and technique
Physical description
goud in drie kleuren en email
Dimensions
height 3.6 cm x width 7.1 cm x depth 5.6 cm x weight 133.87 g
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Acquisition and rights
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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. 40, no. Pr 131, Artistic no. 22/64; 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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