Portrait Medallion of Gaius Julius Caesar Germanicus ('Caligula') (12-41 AD), anonymous, c. 1745 - c. 1800

Identification

Title(s)

Portrait Medallion of Gaius Julius Caesar Germanicus ('Caligula') (12-41 AD)

Object type

locket

Object number

BK-NM-5034-D

Description

Een medaillon van parelmoer, waarop een afbeelding is gesneden van een Romeinse keizer, met randschrift: CAES: CALIGV.

Creation

Artist

sculptor: anonymous

Place

Northern Netherlands

Dating

c. 1745 - c. 1800

Material and Technique

Material

mother of pearl

Measurements

height 2.2 cm × width 1.8 cm

Acquisition and rights

Credit line

Gift of J.J. Bredius, Amsterdam

Acquisition

gift 1880

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

…; collection J.J. Bredius (1822-1894), Amsterdam; by whom donated to the Nederlandsch Museum voor Geschiedenis en Kunst, The Hague, 1880; transferred to the museum, 1885

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Relations

AC-00017540object | reproductionobject | reproductieBK7270 13X18RM0001.COLLECT.1500017539
AC-00017541object | reproductionobject | reproductieBK7271 13X18RM0001.COLLECT.1500017540
AC-00017542object | reproductionobject | reproductieBK7272 13X18RM0001.COLLECT.1500017541
AC-00017543object | reproductionobject | reproductieBK7273 13X18RM0001.COLLECT.1500017542
AC-00024527object | reproductionobject | reproductieF155-9RM0001.COLLECT.1500024526
AC-00024528object | reproductionobject | reproductieF155-10RM0001.COLLECT.1500024527
AC-00024529object | reproductionobject | reproductieF155-11RM0001.COLLECT.1500024528
AC-00024530object | reproductionobject | reproductieF155-12RM0001.COLLECT.1500024529

Documentation

Beeldhouwkunst in het Rijksmuseum [Amsterdam], Jaap Leeuwenberg, cat.nr. 417d

Persistent URL

To refer to this object please use the following persistent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.50447

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