De Rariteitkamer van Levinus Vincent

About this artwork

…; collection Jonkvrouw Anna Johanna Maria Teding van Berkhout (1833-1909), Haarlem;{Note RMA.} her brother, Jonkheer Hendrik Teding van Berkhout (1830-1904), Haarlem;{Note RMA.} his son, Jonkheer Hendrik Teding van Berkhout (1879-1969), Amsterdam;{Note RMA.} his daughters, Suzanna Frida barones van Höevell-née jonkvrouw Teding van Berkhout (1909-2003), Haarlem, and Jonkvrouw Anna Clara Teding van Berkhout (1910-2001), Amsterdam;{Note RMA.} from whom, fl. 500, to the museum, as a gift from the R...

Art Historical Context

This delicate pen drawing by Gerrit Rademaker the interior of Levinus’s celebrated “rarkamer,” or cabinet ofities, a private museum that fascinated visitors in late seventeenth- and early eighteenth-century Haarlem. Rendered with fine, precise lines on a sheet measuring just 23 by 19 centimeters, the work invites close inspection, allowing viewers to imagine the densely packed shelves of shells, minerals, corals, and exotic specimens that Vincent assembled over decades. During this period, such cabinets reflected the era’s growing passion for natural history and global exploration. Dutch coll...