African Boy with Mural Crown, Jan Claudius de Cock, 1704

Identification

Title(s)

African Boy with Mural Crown

Object type

sculpture

Object number

BK-1972-134

Creation

Artist

sculptor: Jan Claudius de Cock

Place

Antwerp

Dating

1704

Material and Technique

Physical features

white Carrara marble

Material

marble (rock)

Measurements

height 95.0 cm × width 47.0 cm × depth 26.0 cm
width 32.0 cm × depth 26.0 cm (base)
weight 73.2 kg (total)

Subject

What

Africa represented allegorically; 'Africa' (Ripa)

Where

Afrika

Acquisition and rights

Credit line

Purchased with the support of the Stichting tot Bevordering van de Belangen van het Rijksmuseum

Acquisition

purchase 1972

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

…; sale collection Roger Vivier (1913-1998), Paris (Drouot), 26 May 1972, no. A; …; from the dealer Brimo de Laroussilhe, Paris, fl. 64,685, to the museum as a gift from Commissie voor Fotoverkoop, 1972

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Documentation

Black is beautiful : Rubens to Dumas, p. 225, cat.nr. 33
Black is beautiful : Rubens tot Dumas, Ellen Ombre, Esther Schreuder, p. 225, cat.nr. 33
Beeldhouwkunst in het Rijksmuseum [Amsterdam], Jaap Leeuwenberg, cat.nr. 339A
Keuze uit de aanwinsten, p. 91, afb. 2
T. Oger, Contribution à l'étude de l'oeuvre sculpté de Jean-Claude de Cock (1667-1735) dans le cadre d'un essai de catalogue générale de son oeuvre [dissertatie], Brussel 1982.

Persistent URL

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