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Cast of copper door-knocker

Door-Knocker
before 1890 (cast), 1563 (made)
Artist/Maker
Mathivet, L. (cast-maker)
Place of origin
Germany (made)
Paris (cast)

This plaster cast was purchased from the Union Centrale des Arts Décoratifs, Paris for 20 francs, (16s. 8d.). The original 16th-century German door knocker, in copper alloy, is in the Musée de Cluny, Paris.


Object details

Category
Sculpture
Object type
Door-knocker
TitleCast of copper door-knocker (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Plaster cast
Plaster
Cast
Brief description
Door-knocker in the form of a lion's head, dated 1563. 19th-century plaster cast after 16th-century German original.
Physical description
Door-knocker in the form of a lion's head
Dimensions
  • Approximately height: 34cm
  • Approximately width: 29cm
  • Weight: 16kg (Note: Framed weight with Repro.1890-213)
Styles
Victorian
Renaissance
Object history
This cast was purchased from the Union Centrale des Arts Décoratifs, Paris for 20 fr., or 16s. 8d.
Historical context
The original, in copper, is in the Musée de Cluny, Paris.
Production
19th-century plaster cast after 16th-century German original.
Subject depicted
Lion
Summary
This plaster cast was purchased from the Union Centrale des Arts Décoratifs, Paris for 20 francs, (16s. 8d.). The original 16th-century German door knocker, in copper alloy, is in the Musée de Cluny, Paris.
Associated object
REPRO.1890-213
Bibliographic reference
Mende, Ursula. Die Türzieher des Mittelalters. Berlin: Deutscher Verlag für Kunstwissenschaft, 1981.
Collection
Sculpture Collection
Accession number
REPRO.1890-214

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Record createdApril 4, 2011
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1194039/cast-of-copper-door-knocker-door-knocker-mathivet-l/
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