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

    Ovale gouden snuifdoos, met zes taferelen in email.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    • duty mark
    • inscription: ‘No 7284/ [...]EMV/ 27.000(?)’
    • date letter
    • inscription: ‘107’
    • countermark
    • 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

  • Copyright

  • 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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