Snuffbox with a Depiction of Venus, Amor, and a Turkey, anonymous, anonymous, c. 1750

Snuffbox with a Depiction of Venus, Amor, and a Turkey, anonymous, anonymous, c. 1750

tortoiseshell, gold, ivory and gouache, h 3cm × w 8.5cm × d 6cm More details

The snuffbox came into fashion as the snuffing of tobacco became more popular than pipe smoking in the 18th century. Snuffboxes were sometimes decorated with erotic themes, such as the Roman god Vertumnus seducing the nymph Pomona. Others were more personal. The German statesman Heinrich von Brühl had his coat of arms painted on his, while a picture of a turkey refers to the Dutch diplomat Cornelis Calkoen.

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Identification

Title(s)

Snuffbox with a Depiction of Venus, Amor, and a Turkey
Snuff Box with Venus, Cupid and a Turkey

Object type

snuffbox

Object number

NG-2014-20

Description

Snuifdoos vervaardigd van schildpad en met goud ingelegd. Aan de binnenzijde van de deksel een voorstelling in gouache van een liggende halfnaakte vrouw met een kalkoen, die door Amor aan een ketting wordt vastgehouden. De voorstelling is afgeleid van de mythe van Leda en de zwaan.

Creation

Artist

maker: anonymous

Place

West-Europa (possibly)

Dating

c. 1750

Material and Technique

Physical features

tortoiseshell, gold, ivory and gouache

Material

Technique

paint

Measurements

height 3 cm × width 8.5 cm × depth 6 cm

Explanatory note

De snuifdoos was persoonlijk bezit van Cornelis Calkoen, ambassadeur in Istanbul van 1727-1744 en mogelijk in deze periode aan hem cadeau gegeven.

Subject

Acquisition and rights

Credit line

Gift of the heirs of J.C.A. Besier - Th. à Th. van der Hoop, The Hague

Acquisition

gift 2014

Copyright

Public domain

Documentation

An audience with the sultan : the 'Turkish' paintings of ambassador Cornelis Calkoen (1696-1764), Eveline Sint Nicolaas, afb. p. 60
Recent acquisitions, p. 90-91
Eveline Sint Nicolaas, 'Cornelis Calkoen en Beyaz Gül', in: Fokke Gerritsen en Hanneke van der Heijden (red.), Standplaats Istanbul. Lange lijnen in de cultuurgeschiedenis van Turkije, Amsterdam, 2018, p. 264-271.
Dirk Jan Biemond, Pieter Roelofs, Eveline Sint Nicolaas en Ludo van Halem, 'Recent Acauisitions', The Rijksmuseum Bulletin 64 (2016) nr. 1, p. 90-91.

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