Snuifdoos van goud, rechthoekig en op alle zijden versierd met landschapsschilderingen achter glas

Jean George, 1753

Snuffbox. Gold, paintings in gouache. Paris, 1757 - 1758, by Jean George, the paintings by Louis-Nicolas van Blarenberghe.

  • Artwork typesnuffbox
  • Object numberBK-17150
  • Dimensionsheight 4.2 cm x width 7.7 cm x depth 5.7 cm x weight 207 g
  • Physical characteristicsgoud, gouache en glas

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Snuifdoos van goud, rechthoekig en op alle zijden versierd met landschapsschilderingen achter glas

  • Object type

  • Object number

    BK-17150

  • Description

    Snuifdoos van goud, rechthoekig. Op alle zijden miniatuur landschapsschilderingen achter glas.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    • date letter
    • signature: ‘GEORGE A PARIS’
    • countermark
    • silver mark
    • duty mark
    • signature and date: ‘v Blarenberghe [1]753’

Creation

  • Creation

    • goldsmith: Jean George, Paris
    • painter: Louis Nicolas van Blarenberghe, Paris
  • Dating

    1753

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    goud, gouache en glas

  • Dimensions

    height 4.2 cm x width 7.7 cm x depth 5.7 cm x weight 207 g


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Acquisition and rights

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  • Provenance

    …; sale, Leningrader Museen und Schlosser, Berlin (Rudolph Lepke), 6 November 1928 sqq., no. 258;…; 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. 41, no. Pr 139, Artistic no. 22/57; 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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