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Chandelier
Michiel Esselbeeck (German, 1611–1671)
Dutch (Amsterdam)
1662
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Height x diameter: 30.5 × 37 cm (12 × 14 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Rose-Marie and Eijk van Otterloo, in support of the Center for Netherlandish Art
Accession Number2022.1920
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsSilver
Tools and equipment – Lighting devices
Tools and equipment – Lighting devices
Made in Amsterdam by Michiel Esselbeeck, who came to the Netherlands from the important German silversmithing center of Augsburg, this diminutive chandelier would have been a welcome addition to a small intimate space within any upper-class Dutch home.
ProvenancePossibly Nanning van Foreest (b. 1682 – d. 1745), Hoorn, The Netherlands; possibly by descent through his wife, Jacoba de Vries (b. 1706 – d. 1750), Hoorn, to their daughter Jacoba Maria van Foreest (b. 1729 – d. 1784), Hoorn [see note 1]. 1795, in Amsterdam [see note 2]. Between 1835 and 1927, ownership changed hands in the Netherlands [see note 3]. 2015, said to have been purchased in Ireland by an English dealer. 2016, purchased on the Dutch art market by Jacob J. Roosjen (dealer), Breukelen, The Netherlands and Daatselaar Fine Arts and Antiques, Zaltbommel, The Netherlands [see note 4]; by March 2018, full ownership transferred to Jacob J. Roosjen; March 2018, sold by Jacob J. Roosjen to Rose-Marie and Eijk van Otterloo, Naples, FL; 2022, gift of Rose-Marie and Eijk van Otterloo to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 6, 2022)
NOTES:
[1] Jacob J. Roosjen, “Een zilveren kroonluchter vervaardigd door Michiel Esselbeeck in 1662,” De Stavelij Jaarboek (2017), pp. 12-27, has identified a six-armed chandelier by Esselbeeck listed in a July 24, 1752 inventory of the van Foreest and de Vries’ estate with the present chandelier. Their weights are similar.
[2] A control mark, or tax mark (“L”) indicates the object was in Amsterdam in 1795.
[3] A control mark of an axe or hatchet found on the chandelier was used between 1835 and 1927 in the Netherlands for hallmarked silver that had returned to the market.
[4] Provenance information from 2015 to 2016 is according to Jacob J. Roosjen.
NOTES:
[1] Jacob J. Roosjen, “Een zilveren kroonluchter vervaardigd door Michiel Esselbeeck in 1662,” De Stavelij Jaarboek (2017), pp. 12-27, has identified a six-armed chandelier by Esselbeeck listed in a July 24, 1752 inventory of the van Foreest and de Vries’ estate with the present chandelier. Their weights are similar.
[2] A control mark, or tax mark (“L”) indicates the object was in Amsterdam in 1795.
[3] A control mark of an axe or hatchet found on the chandelier was used between 1835 and 1927 in the Netherlands for hallmarked silver that had returned to the market.
[4] Provenance information from 2015 to 2016 is according to Jacob J. Roosjen.