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Drinking cup from Zwartsluis
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Drinking cup from Zwartsluis

Pieter Oosterhuis · 1864 - 1867 · albumen print; cardboard; paper; photographic support

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

Silver cup, donated by H. Bentinck, drost of Vollenhoven, to Zwartsluis in 1676. Chalice, silver with lid, decorated with chasing, on the cup the allegories of War, Peace and Justice with appropriate poems. The cup became property of the Royal Antiquarian Society in 1864 which opened its museum on 27 October 1877.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineBokaal van Zwartsluis. 1864 - 1867. Pieter Oosterhuis. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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