Goblet and Cover

anonymous, c. 1600 - c. 1620

Around 1600 the banded variety of chalcedony was called onyx. According to Rudolph II’s court physician, this stone had the power to soothe emotional outbursts. The blind Cupid on the goblet’s lid and the serpents around the foot allude to the cause of the distress: disappointment in love.

  • Artwork typegoblet
  • Object numberBK-17089
  • Dimensionsheight 12.1 cm x diameter 5.2 cm, diameter 4.4 cm
  • Physical characteristicschalcedony, gold, enamel, and emeralds

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Goblet and Cover

  • Object type

  • Object number

    BK-17089

  • Description

    Bokaal met deksel van onyx, gemonteerd met geëmailleerd goud en edelstenen. Als bekroning een schietende, geblinddoekte Amorfiguur van wit email. Om voet en deksel brede gouden randen met fijne bloem en bladranken van verzonken email met opgelegde edelstenen. De voet is door drie smalle bandjes verbonden met de vaasvormige stam, waaromheen ter hoogte van de hals, drie slangen kronkelen.

Creation

  • Creation

    maker: anonymous, Germany

  • Dating

    c. 1600 - c. 1620

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    chalcedony, gold, enamel, and emeralds

  • Dimensions

    • height 12.1 cm x diameter 5.2 cm
    • diameter 4.4 cm

This work is about

  • Subject

Acquisition and rights

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; collection Hannah Mathilde Freifrau von Rothschild (1832-1924), Grüneburg, Frankfurt am Main;{Note RMA; Von Falke 1936, p. 32, no. K.64.} …; 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. 36, no. Pr 60, Artistic no. 17/73; 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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