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Snuifdoos van goud, ovaal, met op het deksel een herdersscène in émail, op de wanden spelende putti
Jean Ducrollay, c. 1758 - c. 1759
Snuffbox. Gold, enamel. Paris, 1759 - 1760, by Jean Ducrollay.
- Artwork typesnuffbox
- Object numberBK-17153
- Dimensionsheight 4.2 cm x width 8.4 cm x depth 6.6 cm x weight 251 g, width 8.4 cm x depth 6.6 cm
- Physical characteristicsgoud in vijf kleuren en email
Identification
Title(s)
Snuifdoos van goud, ovaal, met op het deksel een herdersscène in émail, op de wanden spelende putti
Object type
Object number
BK-17153
Description
Snuifdoos van goud, ovaal. Op het deksel een herdersscène in email. Rondom de wand spelende putti. Gouden rand met Lodewijk XVI ornament.
Inscriptions / marks
- date letter
- signature and date: ‘f. Bourgoin inv. pinx. 1759’
- duty mark
- countermark
- signature: ‘Ducrollay A Paris’
Creation
Creation
- goldsmith: Jean Ducrollay, Paris
- enameler: François-Joseph Bourgoin, Paris
Dating
c. 1758 - c. 1759
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Material and technique
Physical description
goud in vijf kleuren en email
Dimensions
- height 4.2 cm x width 8.4 cm x depth 6.6 cm x weight 251 g
- width 8.4 cm x depth 6.6 cm
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Provenance
…; ? collection Hermitage, Petersburg;{Von Falke 1936, p. 73, no. K.154; Diercks 2011, p. 386, note 2.}…; from Dr Fritz Mannheimer (1890-1939), Amsterdam and Paris, fl. 6,684,480, 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. 41, no. Pr 142, Artistic no. 22/65; 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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