Roemer
1644
- Medium
- glass
- Classification
- roemer
- Dimensions
- diameter 13.4 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- On loan from the Koninklijk Oudheidkundig Genootschap
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed
About this work
The date ‘1644’ is engraved on the stem of this glass, between the top row of raspberry prunts. The bowl is ornamented with a view of the city of Nijmegen, seen across the River Waal. As a source, the engraver relied on an illustration from a book about the history of Gelderland.
