Linden-Museum Stuttgart: 004669
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| Linden-Museum Stuttgart: 004669 License: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) |
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Object description
This information was provided by the German museum where the object is currently located or where it was located prior to restitution.
| Object Name | High relief (copper alloy) plaque depicting a court servant. A half moon is depicted in the lower left side of the plate |
| Description | This relief plate from the royal palace shows a servant at the royal court. The rectangular shape of all these relief plates is well preserved. It is possibly influenced by European printed books. The background is decorated with four reclining crescents, dot patterns and stylized rosettes referring to the cardinal points. Text: Dietmar Neitzke. |
| Type | Figurenrelief |
| Materials | Copper alloy |
| Size, Dimensions | Width: 29.5 cm. Height: 44 cm. |
| Dating of Object |
Museum / Collection / Acquisition
This information was provided by the German museum where the object is currently located or where it was located prior to restitution.
| Museum | Linden-Museum Stuttgart |
| Museum Inv.-No | 004669 |
| Collector | Hans Meyer (Leipzig, Germany) donated it to the Linden-Museum. He had previously bought it in London |
| Acquisition date | 1899 |
| Circumstances of acquisition | Hans Meyer (Leipzig, Germany) donated the plaque to the Linden-Museum. He had previously bought it in London. Text: Markus Himmelsbach. |
| Notes |
Current ownership status and location
| Status | restituted |
| Date of last status change | 14 December 2022 |
| Current ownership | Federal Republic of Nigeria |
| Holding institution | National Commission for Museums and Monuments (NCMM, Nigeria) |
| Current location | Linden Museum Stuttgart (permanent loan) |
Categorization for the search functions
This information was included by the German Contact Point for Collections from Colonial Contexts and is intended to make the object easier to find in the database.
| Object Type | relief |
| Materials | metal; copper alloy |
| Tags |
Dataset
| ID | 100 |
| last Change | 2023-01-26 12:15:00 |
| License | Linden-Museum Stuttgart |