Knife with a Handle Representing a Bishop, anonymous, c. 1650 - c. 1700

Identification

Title(s)

Knife with a Handle Representing a Bishop

Object type

Object number

BK-NM-2971

Inscriptions / marks

number: ‘7’

Description

Met zijn rechter hand houdt hij de bisschopsstaf vast, op zijn linker hand draagt hij een wierrookscheepje.

Creation

Artist

sculptor: anonymous

Place

Northern Netherlands

Dating

c. 1650 - c. 1700

Material and Technique

Physical features

boxwood (knife handle), silver (band), steel (blade)

Material

boxwood (hardwood)

Measurements

length 10.2 cm × width 3 cm × depth 2 cm (knife handle)
height 25.1 cm (total)

Acquisition and rights

Acquisition

transfer 1883

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

…; from the dealer Van Gelder, The Hague,{About Van Gelder, see C. Stolwijk, _Uit de schilderswereld: Nederlandse kunstschilders in de tweede helft van de negentiende eeuw_, Leiden 1998, p. 310.} fl. 125, to the Nederlandsch Museum voor Geschiedenis en Kunst, The Hague, 19 September 1876; transferred to the museum, 1885

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Documentation

Beeldhouwkunst in het Rijksmuseum [Amsterdam], Jaap Leeuwenberg, cat.nr. 270e

Persistent URL

To refer to this object please use the following persistent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.24575

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