BK-14889
1680
Medium
silver (metal)
Dimensions
7.4; 5.4; 7.5; 121
About this artwork
…; ? collection Arnoldus Johannes Andreae (1845-99), Kollum;{Note RMA.} his son, Daniël Hermannus Andreae (1882-1932), Kollum, near Leeuwarden, by 1900;{Note RMA.}...; collection W.R.A.C. graaf van Rechteren Limpurg (1865-1929), Arnhem;{NHA, RBK, INV, inv. 1883, List 13 March 1937, Silver, no. 13.}; from whom acquired by a private collector, 1929;{Note RMA.} by whom donated, with 235 other objects, to the museum, 1937
About the Artist
anonymous
In the vast tapestry of art history, "Anonymous" stands not as a singular individual but as a collective designation for countless unidentified creators whose works have endured across millennia. These artists, spanning prehistoric cave painters to medieval illuminators and folk craftsmen, produced the foundational layers of human visual culture. Prior to the Renaissance, when individual fame emer...