Birth of Adriaan Jacob van Dielen in Nagapatnam

anonymous, in or after 1685

In the past, important events were graced with a medal, especially in well-to-do families. The occasion for this was usually a birth, wedding, or death. These medals not only remained in the family as a memento, but were also given to the guests at the baptism, wedding party, or funeral. Sometimes they were purely private in character, such as the gold medal a grandfather gave to his grandson.

  • Artwork typebirth medal, familiepenning
  • Object numberNG-81
  • Dimensionslength 8 cm x width 6.4 cm x weight 50.16 g

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Birth of Adriaan Jacob van Dielen in Nagapatnam

  • Object type

  • Object number

    NG-81

  • Description

    Ovale penning van goud met opengewerkte rand en versierd draagoog. Voorzijde: het gehelmd wapenschild van de familie Van Dielen, omgeven door ajour bewerkte rand bloemen en bladertakken. Keerzijde: opschrift onder en boven bloem; opengewerkte rand bestaande uit half Indiaas, half Europees bloemenornament.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    inscription: ‘ADRIAEN / IACOB VAN / DIELEN op / Nagapatnam / Gebooren den / 21en october / A° 1685.’

Creation

  • Creation

    anonymous, India

  • Dating

    in or after 1685

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Material and technique

  • Dimensions

    length 8 cm x width 6.4 cm x weight 50.16 g

This work is about

  • Person

  • Subject

  • Place

  • Period

    1685-10-21

Acquisition and rights

  • Acquisition

    purchase 1947-09-25

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    Commissioned for Adriaen Jacob van Dielen (1685-1772), Nagapatnam, India, 1685;{According to the inscription on the object.} ? his son, Willem Jan Baptist van Dielen (1738-1818), Utrecht; ? his son, Adriaan Jacob Willem van Dielen (1772-1812), Utrecht; ? his son, Willem Matthias Jan van Dielen (1805-67), Utrecht and Groesbeek; ? his daughter, Sophia Carolina Agatha Willemina Crommelin-van Dielen (1837-1919), Utrecht and Zeist; ? her son, Claude Crommelin (1873-1946), The Hague; his wife, jonkvrouwe Elisabeth Anna van Welderen baronesse Rengers-van Schuylenburch (1880-1957), Huize Oolde, Laren, Gld.;{jonkvrouwe E. A. van Welderen baronesse Rengers-van Schuylenburch was married to C. Crommelin from 1901 to 1911.} sale, douairière E. A. van Welderen baronesse Rengers-van Schuylenburch, R. Liffers, L.A.M. Jagenau [section jonkvrouwe E. A. van Welderen baronesse Rengers-van Schuylenburch], Huize Oolde, Laren Gld., sold on the premises (Kunsthandel A. Nijstad), 25 september 1947 sqq., no. 316 f., fl. 2,300, to the museum

  • 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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