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Shells on a Stone Plinth
Coorte arranged the shells on a stone plinth against a dark background in such a way that each one receives attention, displaying its own form, colour, and structure. Coorte, moreover, painted them life size. These kinds of exotic shells were brought to the Netherlands in the ships of the Dutch East and West India Companies and were highly prized by collectors, who paid enormous amounts for them.
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Type of item
- painting
- Art of painting
Medium
- On loan from a private collector
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
- 1698
- 1698
Place-Time
- fourth quarter 17th century
Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.585051
- SK-C-1761
Extent
- height 29 cm
- width 22.5 cm
- height cm
- width cm
Format
- oil paint (paint)
- paper
- panel
- Paper
Language
- nl
Is part of
- collection: paintings
- collectie: schilderijen
Year
- 1698
Providing country
- Netherlands
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2016-08-16T14:32:30.809Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2018-03-17T14:38:22.883Z