# Ceremonial staff

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## Artwork

- Artist: [VUYSTINCK, Johannes](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vuystinck-johannes-r193bb4d0bdb1ab>)
- Date: 1501-1550
- Technique: Parcel-gilt silver, height 115 cm

## Commentary

This ceremonial staff is one of the few well-documented silver objects from the period of Netherlandish Gothic. It is the work of Johannes Vuystinck, the founding father of a large family of goldsmiths active in Utrecht and The Hague up to the end of the 17th century.

## Attribution

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