Door-knocker, Andrea Briosco (follower of), c. 1525 - c. 1549

Identification

Title(s)

Door-knocker
Deurklopper in de vorm van een naar beneden duikend monster

Object type

door knocker

Object number

BK-16935

Description

Het naar achteren smal toelopende lijf is bedekt met acanthusbladeren. Het gaat naar voren over in een satyrkop en twee armen, waarvan de handen de horens vasthouden van een uit zijn borst ontspringende runderkop. Op de schouders vleugels in de vorm van acanthusbladeren; het opkrullende achterlijf eindigt in een blad. Onder de runderkop als stootknop een schelp, onder het achterlijf de scharnier.

Creation

Artist

sculptor: Andrea Briosco (follower of)

Place

Padua

Dating

c. 1525 - c. 1549

Material and Technique

Material

bronze (metal)

Measurements

height 27 cm × height c. 14 cm × width c. 17 cm × depth c. 14.1 cm

Subject

What

Acquisition and rights

Acquisition

transferred 1960

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

…; collection William Newall, Esq., 1912;{London 1912, p. 80, no. 67.} his sale, London (Christie’s), 27 June 1922 sqq., no. 55, £ 2362.50, to the dealer N. Beets, Amsterdam;{Copy RKD.}…; 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. 87, no. Br 35, Artistic no. 28/26; 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

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Notes

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.

Relations

Documentation

From Vulcan's forge: bronzes from the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam 1450-1800, Frits Scholten, cat.nr. 7
Giambologna: an exhibition of sculpture by the master and his followers : from the collection of Michael Hall, Esq, Charles 1940- Avery
Die Beschwörung des Kosmos, Christoph Brockhaus, cat.nr. 101
Renaissance and baroque bronzes from the Abott Guggenheim Collection, Laura Camins
Natur und Antike in der Renaissance, Sybille Ebert-Schifferer (Sybille) , 1955-, cat.nr. 255
Renaissance bronzes from Ohio collections, William D. Wixom
Beeldhouwkunst in het Rijksmuseum [Amsterdam], Jaap Leeuwenberg, cat.nr. 645
Verzeichnis der Restbestände der Sammlung Mannheimer, Franz Kieslinger, p.87, cat.nr. 519
Katalog der Sammlung F[ritz] M[annheimer], Otto von Falke, p. 122, cat.nr. B.35
Andrea Riccio, Leo Planiscig, p. 489, cat.nr. 190
Catalogue of Italian sculpture and other plastic art of the renaissance, E.R.D. Maclagan, cat.nr. 67
Die italienischen Bronzestatuetten der Renaissance, Wilhelm von, 1845-1929 Bode, p. 16
Short notice, Marijn 1951- Schapelhouman

Persistent URL

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