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Hannah Emmerich: A medal cabinet made of ebony with the facade of the Mauritshuis from the collection of the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam Classification of the object using conservation and scientific research methods Back
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Front View of the Medal Cabinet.
Abstract: The Medal Cabinet with the facade of the Mauritshuis was examined with the
help of conservation and scientific examination methods. The controversial dating of
the object in the catalogues of the early 20th century and the current inventory of the
Rijksmuseum have lead to the goal of this thesis.
The conservational and scientific investigations have proven a date between the late 18th and the early 19th to be more plausible.

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Keywords: Coin Cabinets, Medal Cabinet, Ebony, Mauritshuis, Rijksmuseum, Examination Methods
Table of contents: Introduction ..............................................................................................................1
1. Description of the Medal Cabinet ..........................................................................4
1.1 The Cabinet .......................................................................................................................... 4
1.2 A brief history ot the Mauritshuis and ist comparison to the Medal Cabinet ...................10
2. Historical background of the Medal Cabinet ........................................................ 16
2.1 History of the object ..........................................................................................................16
2.2 Typology of Medal and Coin Cabinets ...............................................................................19
2.3 Comparanda throughout Europe .......................................................................................22
2.3.1 Cabinet with Stone inlays and Gold lacquer painting, around 1570..........................23
2.3.2 Coin Cabinet of Archduke Ferdinand II of Tyrol, 1580 ...............................................24
2.3.3 Cabinet in Ivory with 12 Apostles, 1580 ....................................................................26
2.3.4 Coin Shrine of the Elector Maximilian I of Bavaria, 1618 - 1624 ...............................27
2.3.5 The Coin Cabinets of Elector John William of Palatine, 1701 ....................................28
2.3.6 A Coin Cabinet by Gérard Dagly, 1696 - 1703 ............................................................30
2.3.7 Dactyliotheca by Phillip Daniel Lippert, 1765 ............................................................31
2.3.8 Lotto Game of Louis Napoleon King of Holland, 1806 - 1810 ....................................32
2.3.9 Small Chest for a Stone Collection, early 19th Century ..............................................33
2.4 Architectural Models: Their role in History and a Comparison to the Cabinet .................35
2.5 Conclusion ..........................................................................................................................39
3. Presentation of the Examination Methods .......................................................... 42
3.1 Conversational Examination Methods ...............................................................................43
3.1.1 Current State of the Medal Cabinet ...........................................................................43
3.1.1.1 Left side ....................................................................................................................45
3.1.1.2 Left risalit area ..........................................................................................................45
3.1.1.3 Median risalit area ...................................................................................................46
3.1.1.4 Right risalit area........................................................................................................48
3.1.1.5 Right side ..................................................................................................................49
3.1.1.6 Rear side of the Medal Cabinet ................................................................................50
3.1.1.7 Top and bottom ........................................................................................................51
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3.1.2 The materials used and their traits ............................................................................52
3.1.2.1 Timbers .....................................................................................................................52
3.1.2.2 Glas and mirros ........................................................................................................54
3.1.2.3 Metals: Screws, hinges and locks .............................................................................57
3.1.2.4 Coatings ....................................................................................................................60
3.1.2.5 Adhesives..................................................................................................................62
3.1.3 Visible historic techniques .........................................................................................64
3.1.3.1 Wood working techniques .......................................................................................64
3.1.3.2 Decorations and carving techniques ........................................................................66
3.1.4 Conclusion and pending questions ............................................................................68
3.2 Scientific Examination Methods ........................................................................................71
3.2.1 X-ray Examination ......................................................................................................71
3.2.2 UV Examination ..........................................................................................................76
3.2.3 XRF Examination ........................................................................................................80
3.2.4 Dendrochronological Examination .............................................................................82
3.2.5 Conclusion and pending questions ............................................................................84
4. Comparison of the historic Context and the Materials used – a conclusion .......... 86
Special Thanks ........................................................................................................ 90
Appendix ...................................................................................................................
1 Conservation Proposal ........................................................................................................ A
2 Technical Drawings ............................................................................................................. B
3 Mauritshuis .......................................................................................................................... E
4 Correspondence ................................................................................................................... F
5 Mapping ...............................................................................................................................P
6 UV Examination .................................................................................................................. R
7 XRF Examination .................................................................................................................. S
8 List of Figures ....................................................................................................................... T
9 Bibliography ........................................................................................................................ X
10 Sources .............................................................................................................................. AA

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Details:
  • academic institution: HAWK Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaft und Kunst Hildesheim/ Holzminden/Göttingen
  • kind of theses:  Bachelorarbeit
  • main Tutor:  Prof. Dr. Ursula Schädler-Saub
  • assistant Tutor:  Dipl.-Rest. Paul van Duin
  • date:  2020
  • Language:  English
  • pages:  157
  • pictures:  53
 
Contact:		  
Hannah Emmerich
h.emmerich@[Diesen Teil loeschen]live.de
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