Constantijn Huygens and his ‘East Indian Writing Tray’
Jaap Jongstra and Jan van Campen describe a letter from Constantijn Huygens from 1629 in which he asks a supplier to provide a writing tray made of red lacquer, exactly like the one he already possessed. Objects with red lacquer were still very rare at that time. Some other objects from Huygens...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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The Rijksmuseum Publications Department
2023-06-01
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| Series: | The Rijksmuseum Bulletin |
| Online Access: | https://bulletin.rijksmuseum.nl/article/view/15067 |