Key, so-called chamberlain's key with the coat of arms of Franz Ludwig von Erthal, Prince-Bishop of Würzburg and Bamberg
Also known as: Sleutel, zogenaamde kamerheersleutel met het wapen van Franz Ludwig von Erthal, vorstbisschop van Würzburg en Bamberg
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1780
Key, so-called chamberlain's key made of bronze and gilding, with the coat of arms of Franz Ludwig von Erthal, Prince-Bishop of Würzburg and Bamberg (1779-1795).
The renewed shank and bit are of iron. Note: executed after a design of c. 1740 by the court sculptor Johann Wolfgang van der Auweraa (1708-1756). The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-NM-9176; its record gives material recorded as bronze (metal), iron (metal), gilding (material); technique gild; measurements length 16 cm x width 4.7 cm. Description translated from the museum's Dutch catalogue text; details are those of this museum object, and how far it represents a wider type has not been independently verified.
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze (metal), iron (metal), gilding (material)
- Technique
- gild
- Measurements
- length 16 cm x width 4.7 cm
- Dimensions museum
- length 16 cm x width 4.7 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Sleutel, zogenaamde kamerheersleutel met het wapen van Franz Ludwig von Erthal, vorstbisschop van Würzburg en Bamberg
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-NM-9176
- Museum classification
- key
Catalogue references
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