Tobacco box with a bathing lady
Also known as: Tabaksdoos met een badende dame
Record status
Individual type · partial
Tobacco box with a bathing lady is held by Rijksmuseum (Netherlands). Description supplied by the holding institution: In the 18th century, the art of engraving in silver was primarily applied to smaller objects, such as tobacco boxes.
A new development in this period was experiments with color. Here the artist used different metals to make the depiction more realistic. Silver was used for the pale body of the young woman, but her nipples are of red copper. The collection record gives material recorded as Gift of E.G.M. van den Honert-Wijers; measurements height 2.5 cm; length 12.4 cm; width 7.4 cm; weight 214 gr; format: silver (metal); metal; copper (metal).
Published through Europeana; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- Gift of E.G.M. van den Honert-Wijers
- Dimensions
- height 2.5 cm; length 12.4 cm; width 7.4 cm; weight 214 gr
Technical characteristics
- Format recorded
- silver (metal); metal; copper (metal)
Identification
- Europeana id
- /90402/BK_1986_27
- Museum object name
- Tabaksdoos met een badende dame
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
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