Africa, Joachim Henne (attributed to), c. 1670 - c. 1700

Identification

Title(s)

Africa

Object type

sculpture

Object number

BK-NM-9785

Creation

Artist

ivory carver: Joachim Henne (attributed to)

Place

ivory carver: Noord-Duitsland
Denmark

Dating

c. 1670 - c. 1700

Material and Technique

Physical features

ivory

Material

ivory

Technique

cutting

Measurements

height 9.8 cm × width 3.4 cm × depth 2 cm

Subject

What

Africa represented allegorically; 'Africa' (Ripa)

Acquisition and rights

Acquisition

purchase 17-Apr-1894

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

…; collection L. Abels, Huis Bolenstijn, Maarssen; her sale, Amsterdam (Frederik Muller) 18 April 1894, no. 61, with [BK-NM-9784](/en/collection/BK-NM-9784/catalogue-entry), fl. 29 for both, acquired by the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the museum

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Documentation

Tarnished gold : the Netherlands and Ghana, 1593-1872, Gijs van der Ham, p. 40, ill. 1.13
Dof goud : Nederland en Ghana, 1593-1872, Gijs van der Ham, p. 40, afb. 13
Dof goud : Ghana en Nederland sinds 1593, Gijs van der Ham, p. 40, afb. 1.13
Beeldhouwkunst in het Rijksmuseum [Amsterdam], Jaap Leeuwenberg, cat.nr. 260b
Catalogus van de beeldhouwwerken in het Nederlandsch Museum voor geschiedenis en kunst te Amsterdam [1915], p. 76, cat.nr. 268
Catalogus van de beeldhouwwerken in het Nederlandsch Museum voor geschiedenis en kunst te Amsterdam [1904], p. 56, cat.nr. 214

Persistent URL

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