Music cabinet and piano with a relic of St Cecilia
Pierre Cuypers, the Rijksmuseum architect, designed these pieces of furniture as engagement and wedding presents for his second wife. The Gothic Revival style and the reliquary on the piano express their deep-rooted Catholicism. The images on the piano case – the Annunciation and scenes from the life of St Cecilia, patron saint of music – allude to the difficult choice of Cuypers’ wife between mar…
Éditeur
- Rijksmuseum
Thème
- http://iconclass.org/11HH(CECILIA)411
- http://iconclass.org/73A52
- http://iconclass.org/11HH(CATHERINE)
- http://iconclass.org/11HH(THERESA)
- Alberdingk Thijm, Antoinette Catharine Thérèse
- Cuypers, Pierre Joseph Hubert
Type d'item
- furniture
- Meuble
Support
- Gift of P.J.H. Cuypers, Roermond
Éditeur
- Rijksmuseum
Thème
- http://iconclass.org/11HH(CECILIA)411
- http://iconclass.org/73A52
- http://iconclass.org/11HH(CATHERINE)
- http://iconclass.org/11HH(THERESA)
- Alberdingk Thijm, Antoinette Catharine Thérèse
- Cuypers, Pierre Joseph Hubert
Type d'item
- furniture
- Meuble
Support
- Gift of P.J.H. Cuypers, Roermond
Institution partenaire
Agrégateur
Licence du support dans cet enregistrement (sauf indication contraire)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Droits
- Public Domain
- Publiek Domein
Date de création
- c.1858 - c.1859
Lieu-Temps
- third quarter 19th century
Lieux
- Roermond
- urn:rijksmuseum:thesaurus:RM0001.THESAU.22958
- Roermond
- urn:rijksmuseum:thesaurus:RM0001.THESAU.22958
Identificateur
- http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.328523
- BK-1996-8
Étendue
- height 205.5 cm
- width 103 cm
- depth 56.5 cm
Format
- oak (wood)
- pine (wood)
- iron (metal)
- tin (metal)
- Bois de pin
- Étain
- Fer
Langue
- nl
Fait partie de
- collectie: meubelen
Pays fournisseur
- Netherlands
Nom de la collection
Première publication sur Europeana
- 2014-05-27T13:45:27.654Z
Dernière mise à jour de l'Institution partenaire
- 2018-03-17T13:07:17.231Z