Desk
This desk has numerous hidden compartments and drawers and even includes a folding kneeling bench. It was made for Johann Philipp von Walderdorff, Archbishop and Elector of Trier, and is embellished at the top with his portrait and coat of arms. This desk is the greatest showpiece ever made by Abraham Roentgen –the most famous German cabinetmaker of his time.
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Subject
- http://iconclass.org/41A671
- http://iconclass.org/44B1211
- Walderdorff, Johann Philipp von
Type of item
- urn:rijksmuseum:thesaurus:RM0001.THESAU.21816
- urn:rijksmuseum:thesaurus:RM0001.THESAU.35864
- urn:rijksmuseum:thesaurus:RM0001.THESAU.64863
- Gilding
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Subject
- http://iconclass.org/41A671
- http://iconclass.org/44B1211
- Walderdorff, Johann Philipp von
Type of item
- urn:rijksmuseum:thesaurus:RM0001.THESAU.21816
- urn:rijksmuseum:thesaurus:RM0001.THESAU.35864
- urn:rijksmuseum:thesaurus:RM0001.THESAU.64863
- Gilding
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Rights
- Public Domain
- Publiek Domein
Creation date
- c.1758 - c.1760
Place-Time
- third quarter 18th century
Provenance
- …; collection Hannah Mathilde Freifrau von Rothschild (1832-1924), Grüneburg, Frankfurt am Main;{Von Falke 1936, p. 347, no. Mo.75.}; …; collection Baron von Rothschild, probably Albert Maximilian von Goldschmidt-Rothschild (1879-1941), 1927{Feulner 1927, p. 543, image 452.; website http://en.juedisches-frankfurt.de, 29-06-2017} ….; Schloss Grüneburg, Frankfurt, 1928;{Huth 1928, Plate 6.} …; collection Dr Fritz Mannheimer (1890-1939), Amsterdam and Paris, probably before 1934, 1936;{NHA, 476, RMA Archive, inv. no. 2142, Recapitulatie der geïnventariseerde kunstvoorwerpen van wijlen Dr F. Mannheimer, undated, p. 9, no. Por 108, with note ‘oud bezit buiten Artistic gehouden’; Von Falke 1936, p. 288, no. Po. 111.} purchased from his estate, en bloc, by the Dienststelle Mühlmann, The Hague, for Adolf Hitler's Führermuseum, Linz, 1940;{Korthals Altes 1974, pp. 21-22.} war recuperation, SNK, 1945;{HNA, SNK Archive, 2.08.42, inv. no. 548.} on loan, with 1,702 other objects, from the DRVK to the museum, 1952;{Note RMA.} transferred to the museum, 1960
Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.248783
- BK-16676
Extent
- height 148.5 cm
- width 110 cm
- depth 58.5 cm
- width 110 cm
- depth 58.5 cm
Format
- wood (plant material)
- oak (wood)
- walnut (hardwood)
- maple (wood)
- rosewood (wood)
- ebony (wood)
- rosewood (wood)
- cherry (wood)
- satinwood (wood)
- silver (metal)
- …
Language
- nl
Is part of
- collectie: meubelen
Providing country
- Netherlands
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2014-05-27T13:25:27.670Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2018-03-17T13:05:06.761Z