Pair of candlesticks with gods and the Labours of Hercules

circle of Jean Court, c. 1550 - c. 1600

Represented on the round base of the candlesticks are the labours of the Greek hero Hercules, alternating, with depictions of Greek gods.

  • Artwork typecandlestick
  • Object numberBK-17219-A
  • Dimensionsheight 35.5 cm x diameter 19.6 cm, diameter 19.6 cm

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Pair of candlesticks with gods and the Labours of Hercules

  • Object type

  • Object number

    BK-17219-A

  • Description

    Kandelaar, versierd met email op koper, deels translucide, en goud. De kandelaar heeft een ronde voet met daarboven een schotelvormig plateau waarop een optocht van putti met een bokkenwagen. Gemerkt.


Creation

  • Creation

    • maker: circle of Jean Court, Limoges
    • maker: Jean Court, Limoges [rejected attribution]
  • Dating

    c. 1550 - c. 1600

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Material and technique

  • Dimensions

    • height 35.5 cm x diameter 19.6 cm
    • diameter 19.6 cm

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  • Provenance

    Inv.; …; collection Gustave Samuel James de Rothschild (1829-1911), Paris;{Von Falke, p. 103, no. E. 23a,b.} …; collection Dr Fritz Mannheimer (1890-1939), Amsterdam and Paris, 1936;{Von Falke, p.103, no. E,23a,b.} purchased from his estate, 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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