Bust of Vincent Coster (1553-1608/10), Fragment, Hendrick de Keyser (I), c. 1606

Identification

Title(s)

Bust of Vincent Coster (1553-1608/10), Fragment

Object type

sculpture

Object number

BK-1986-39

Inscriptions / marks

monogram, on the mascaron’s tear-shaped ornament, incised: ‘HDK’

Description

Fragment van een borstbeeld. Kop en schouders ontbreken. Het beeld eindigt in een mascaron met tussen de ogen de letters HDK in ligatuur. Het is een beeld geweest in de trant van De Keysers borstbeeld van een onbekende man uit 1606 (BK-NM-4191). Het beeld is beschilderd.

Creation

Artist

sculptor: Hendrick de Keyser (I)

Place

Amsterdam

Dating

c. 1606

Material and Technique

Physical features

terracotta with slip painting

Material

terracotta (clay material)

Technique

modeling

Measurements

height 36.2 cm × width 27 cm × depth 17.8 cm

Subject

Who

Vincent Jacobsz. Coster

Acquisition and rights

Credit line

Gift of J.D. Albarda

Acquisition

gift 1986

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

…; discovered during excavation work coinciding with the restoration of the bridge at Prinsengracht/corner Looiersgracht, across from Hotel Wiechman, Amsterdam, 1986;{Solicitous communication Edwin van Drecht, Amsterdam, 1995.} acquired by a Mr Van Dijk, Amsterdam; from whom acquired by Dr J.D. Albarda, The Hague, 1986; by whom, donated to the museum, 1986

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Relations

Documentation

1600-1700, p. 91, afb. 28A
1600-1700, p. 91, afb. 28A
Voorbeeldige busten, Valérie Herremans, p. 42-44, afb. 1
Gebeeldhouwde portretten, Frits Scholten (Frederikus Theodorus) , 1959-, cat.nr. 8
Dawn of the Golden Age, Ger 1956- Luijten
F. Scholten, 'A beheaded bust and a fountain-statue by Hendrick de Keyser', The Burlington Magazine 87 (1995), p. 838-841.

Persistent URL

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