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Source Description
Objects of curiosity, coconuts from Africa or the East Indies were often turned into cups with silver mounts. The inscription in Dutch, "Drunkenness is the root of all evil," accompanies Old Testament scenes of Susanna threatened by the Elders, Delilah cutting Samson's hair, and Lot with his daughters, all involving succumbing to temptation. Other inscriptions announce that Cornelis de Bye carved the coconut and that his daughter Nelltgen had it mounted to commemorate his death, adding a further rhyme celebrating the bee's (Bye's) creation of pure honey through the love of God.
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Document identity
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3261
label
Coconut Cup with Old Testament Scenes
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object
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6
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3261
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object
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normalized
title
Coconut Cup with Old Testament Scenes
description
Objects of curiosity, coconuts from Africa or the East Indies were often turned into cups with silver mounts. The inscription in Dutch, "Drunkenness is the root of all evil," accompanies Old Testament scenes of Susanna threatened by the Elders, Delilah cutting Samson's hair, and Lot with his daughters, all involving succumbing to temptation. Other inscriptions announce that Cornelis de Bye carved the coconut and that his daughter Nelltgen had it mounted to commemorate his death, adding a further rhyme celebrating the bee's (Bye's) creation of pure honey through the love of God.
provenance
George Robinson Harding, London [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
before 1598 (Renaissance)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
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Gold, Silver & Jewelry
cups (drinking vessels)
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6
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6
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import
dimensionsRaw
6 3/4 in. (17.1 cm)
Source extras
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coconut, silver mounts
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7001
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REN
exhibition_ids
1994
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