Dullaert Art & Antiques

Now available in bookshops throughout the Netherlands and @boekscout!

My father, Peter Dullaert, has written a biography about my great-grandmother, Mieneke van Beek.
Born in Emmerich, Germany, she began buying and selling poultry and potatoes during the First World War. In 1933, she fled the Nazi regime with her husband and children and settled in Zutphen, the Netherlands.

During the Second World War, she lost both of her sons, but also managed to save the lives of four other people. From her hotel and restaurant, she traded in almost anything she could get her hands on.
After retiring, she taught my father and his twin brother the skills to become antique dealers.

The book is titled `Het voornaamste is dat je wat verdient` and is available to order from bookshops throughout the Netherlands.

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SOLD! Embriachi marriage casket with scenes from the story of Susanna and the Elders, Northern Italy, circa 1420–1440 (later alterations). The casket belongs to the production of the workshop or circle of Baldassare degli Embriachi and is executed in a combination of bone, wood, and certosina inlay.

The choice of the Susanna theme relates closely to the marital context in which such caskets generally functioned. In the late Middle Ages, the story was understood as an exemplum of female chastity and moral steadfastness, fitting within the broader repertoire of virtuous subjects frequently associated with marriage and female honour.

Dimensions: 31.5 × 20 × 17.5 cm.

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SOLD! Attributed to Jan van Cleve III (1646–1716), this expressive 17th-century Flemish painting depicts Saint Margaret the Virgin, shown with bound hands and her gaze lifted heavenward.

Saint Margaret of Antioch was among the most widely venerated female saints of the Middle Ages and counted as one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers, invoked in times of illness, danger and distress. According to her legend, she was swallowed by a dragon sent to torment her in prison, yet emerged unharmed when the cross she carried burst the creature open. This miraculous escape made Margaret a powerful patron saint of pregnant women and childbirth.

A new arrival in the collection, shown here in detail.

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A rare wooden casket with polychrome and gilded pastiglia relief, Italy, 15th century.

The box is adorned with four finely executed scenes from the life of an unknown martyr.

Dimensions: 15.5 × 10.4 × 9 cm

Overall in good condition for its age, with minor losses to the surface and possible retouching to the polychromy. The ball feet are likely later additions.

Provenance: Dutch private collection

Price on request

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Detail of an ivory writing tablet with two registers showing the Nativity, Annunciation and the Visitation. France, end of the 14th century.

Dimensions: h. 11 cm., w. 6.5 cm.

Provenance: Dutch private collection

* With CITES Certificate for Commercial Activities within the EU

Available for acquisition, price on request

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