Objects that accrue new meaning through alteration or adaptation
Zwart houten lijst bestemd voor…
anoniem
Kom uit V.O.C.-schip de 'Witte…
anonymous
A pottery shard recovered from a sunken ship with embellishments from its long life underwater.
Schotel van aardewerk versierd met…
anonymous
Telltale
anonymous
This object contains wax which, when heated from below, liquifies and turns transparent to show an image otherwise obscured.
On display in room 1.10
Portraits of Crown Prince William…
André-Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri
What precisely has gone missing, and why?
Allegorie op de rede
anonymous
An allegory of reason is defaced with ink. A critique of reason? A joke? Is reason in need of correction for myopia, or sillier this way?
Allegorie op de rede
anonymous
Dice glass
anonymous
An assemblage of objects brought together to contain a die. A profane object turned sacred!
On display in room 2.12
Interieur van Stadhouderskade 56,…
Willem Jan Gerrit van Meurs
Two views of interior showing paintings and objects of Andries Bonger's art collection. Documentation? Demonstration? Note the differences!
Interieur van Stadhouderskade 56,…
Willem Jan Gerrit van Meurs
Cubic cross-section through a Dutch…
William Graatsma
An otherwise conventional scene of industry transformed, supplanted, mocked in collage?
Collage van knipkunst
Cornelis Schellinger
Several unrelated cut-outs assembled --in a scrapbook? They tell classic tales and, as assembled, create new ones.
Button card
anonymous
When is a button card not a button card? ...When it's an object indicates not only historical material culture but pattern and ornamentation
Schrijfvoorbeeld: Characteres…
Simon Frisius
Voorstudie voor 'De…
Carel Willink
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