Group of Three Quarrelling Children (Allegory of the Seasons ?), Jan Pieter van Baurscheit (I), 1726

Identification

Title(s)

Group of Three Quarrelling Children (Allegory of the Seasons ?)

Object type

Object number

BK-1967-19

Inscriptions / marks

signature and date, on the side of the plinth, incised: ‘PVB AURSCHEIT STATUARIUS CAESARIS I.F. 1726’, (PVB in ligature)

Creation

Artist

sculptor: Jan Pieter van Baurscheit (I)

Place

Antwerp

Dating

1726

Material and Technique

Physical features

white Carrara marble

Material

marble (rock)

Measurements

height 85.5 cm × width 55 cm × depth 53 cm × weight 253 kg

Acquisition and rights

Credit line

Gift of J.M.E.M. van Voorst van Beest, Arnhem

Acquisition

gift 1967

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

? Commissioned by the House of Orange-Nassau for Het Loo Palace, Apeldoorn, 1726; ? presented by the House of Orange-Nassau to Baron Frederik Willem van Spaen (1667-1735) or to later owners of country house Hulshorst (near Hierden), date unknown;{The country house was sold by Van Spaen to Engelbrecht Georg Ardesch, who sold it to the Van Meurs family in 1813. In 1902 the house was sold to J.M. van Voorst van Beest.} bequeathed to miss J.M.E.M. van Voorst van Beest, Arnhem, date unknown; by whom donated to the museum, 1967

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Relations

Documentation

Beeldhouwkunst in het Rijksmuseum [Amsterdam], Jaap Leeuwenberg, cat.nr. 361
Waer in den Aert en Stand zijn uitgedrukt heel stout: Pieter van Baurscheits Drinkebroers en de boertige kunst in de Nederlanden, Erik Bijzet, p. 431, afb. 9
Jaarverslag Rijksmuseum (1968), p. 28.
Jaarverslag Rijksmuseum (1967), p. 32.

Persistent URL

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