Ornamenten voor edelsmeden, anonymous, 1619

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Ornamenten voor edelsmeden

1619 · Print

Can I see it?

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Where is “Ornamenten voor edelsmeden” now? Collection: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Unknown.

Rijksmuseum

Amsterdam, Netherlands

The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.

Source
The museum

About the work

We get a glimpse of a goldsmith and his apprentice at work: the fire in the open kiln is raised to the right temperature with a pair of bellows. Enamel colours have different melting points and so must be fired one by one. Nowadays an enameller can regulate the kiln with great accuracy: in the past the temperature had to be gauged from experience and by the colour of the flames.

Rijksmuseum

Details

Accession number
RP-P-1894-A-18419

In the catalog

Sources

On view at Rijksmuseum

Museum page