Goblet for Henricus Zwaardecroon
Also titled Bokaal voor Henricus Zwaardecroon
Alger Mensma (Leeuwarden, 1682–na 1)
1729
- Medium
- gold (metal)
- Classification
- goblet
- Dimensions
- height 45.2 cm x diameter 13.9 cm x weight 2008 g
- 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
This cup was intended as a gift from the VOC (Dutch East India Company) to former Governor-General Henricus Zwaardecroon (1667-1728), but because he died before the showpiece could be delivered, it remained in the donor’s possession. Gods and goddesses of the sea reference the overseas territories in Asia, the chief products from which are depicted on the lid. Zwaardecroon introduced the coffee plant from South America and the silk caterpillar from China in Java.
