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Two carved shells
Also titled Twee gedecoreerde schelpen
Cornelis Bellekin (Amsterdam, ca. –voor)
c. 1670 - c. 1700
- Medium
- mother of pearl
- Classification
- sculpture
- Dimensions
- height 9 cm x width 8 cm x thickness 1 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- 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
Bellekin transformed nature into art, producing objects perfectly in keeping with the 17th-century concept of a collection of rarities. VOC ships brought back oyster shells from the Indian Ocean, which Bellekin carved with scenes from Greek mythology in low relief: Perseus on his winged horse rescuing Andromeda, and the nymph Scylla reaching out to the sea god Glaucus.
