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Ringen
Also titled Rings
Johann Heinrich Schepp (Diez, 1736–na 1)
c. 1775 - c. 1788
- Medium
- carnelian, gold (metal)
- Classification
- ring (sieraad)
- Dimensions
- height 3.4 cm x width 2.1 cm x diameter 2.2 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed
About this work
Before the 19th century, men wore different types of rings to underline their power, wealth and prestige. The wearers of these particular rings were a bishop of the Catholic Church, a Dutch diplomat, and an administrator in Stadholder William V’s treasury. Today, wedding rings and signet rings still indicate their wearers’ social status, but often in more austere forms.
