Mantelpiece with relief of Paris and Oenone, Jan Baptist Xavery, 1739

Title(s)

Mantelpiece with relief of Paris and Oenone

Object type

• scow

Object number

BK-1995-3

Inscriptions / marks

• signature and date: ‘J.B.XAVERY. // ANNO 1739’

Description

Schouw van Belgische rood-grijs geaderd marmer en van Carrarisch wit marmer en gedecoreerd met pastorale iconografie van Paris en Oenone op het schoorsteenstuk, geflankeerd door een zittend, vrij gebeeldhouwd musicerend kinderpaar in herdersdracht. Gesigneerd J.B.XAVERY. // ANNO 1739.

Artist

• sculptor: Jan Baptist Xavery

Dating

1739

Material

• marble (rock)
• marble (rock)

Technique

relief (sculpture technique)

Measurements

height c. 461 cm × width c. 252 cm × c. 0 × height c. 19 cm × width c. 12 cm × depth c. 14 cm × height c. 18 cm × width c. 13 cm × depth c. 19 cm × height c. 39 cm × width c. 9 cm × depth c. 18 cm × height c. 33 cm × width c. 2 cm × depth c. 7 cm × height c. 39 cm × width c. 11 cm × depth c. 9 cm × height c. 18 cm × width c. 16 cm × depth c. 4 cm × height c. 33 cm × width c. 18 cm × depth c. 6 cm × height c. 25 cm × width c. 18 cm × depth c. 13 cm × height c. 220 cm × width c. 13 cm × depth c. 3 cm × height c. 183 cm × width c. 143 cm × height c. 183 cm × width c. 143 cm × height c. 112 cm × width c. 22 cm × depth c. 9 cm × height c. 40 cm × width c. 53 cm × depth c. 9 cm × height c. 152 cm × width c. 53 cm × depth c. 9 cm × height c. 260 cm × width c. 29 cm × depth c. 13 cm × height c. 94 cm × width c. 13 cm × depth c. 9 cm × height c. 12 cm × width c. 12 cm × depth c. 3 cm × height c. 15 cm × width c. 14 cm × depth c. 4 cm × height c. 32 cm × width c. 13 cm × depth c. 7 cm × height c. 220 cm × width c. 14 cm × depth c. 3 cm × height c. 220 cm × width c. 33 cm × depth c. 5 cm × height c. 220 cm × width c. 14 cm × depth c. 5 cm × height c. 47 cm × width c. 31 cm × depth c. 4 cm × height c. 39 cm × width c. 27 cm × depth c. 30 cm × height c. 95 cm × width c. 27 cm × depth c. 30 cm × height c. 140 cm × width c. 92 cm × depth c. 9 cm × height c. 106 cm × width c. 44 cm × depth c. 40 cm × height c. 27 cm × width c. 9 cm × depth c. 5 cm × height c. 27 cm × width c. 9 cm × depth c. 5 cm × height c. 27 cm × width c. 9 cm × depth c. 5 cm × height c. 15 cm × width c. 14 cm × depth c. 4 cm × height c. 36 cm × width c. 23 cm × depth c. 10 cm × height c. 36 cm × width c. 23 cm × depth c. 10 cm × height c. 14 cm × width c. 8 cm × depth c. 7 cm × height c. 30 cm × width c. 10 cm × depth c. 10 cm × height c. 30 cm × width c. 10 cm × depth c. 10 cm × height c. 20 cm × width c. 7 cm × depth c. 9 cm × height c. 52 cm × width c. 38 cm × depth c. 40 cm × height c. 52 cm × width c. 38 cm × depth c. 40 cm × height c. 150 cm × width c. 54 cm × depth c. 34 cm × height c. 195 cm × width c. 51 cm × depth c. 3 cm

What

• Paris and Oenone carving their names in a tree
• (story of) Cupid, Amor (Eros)
• transverse flute
• tambourine
• pastorals, Arcadian scenes

Credit line

• Purchased with the support of the Vereniging Rembrandt, with additional funding from the Prins Bernhard Fonds

Acquisition

purchase 10-Jan-1995

Copyright

Public domain

• Frits Lugt 1884-1970, Jan Frederik 1949- Heijbroek, p. 61, afb. p. 62
• 125 jaar openbaar kunstbezit, Peter 1951- Hecht, p. 48, 164, 166, 167, 222, afb. 232
• Kunst, kennis en kwaliteit, Jan Frederik 1949- Heijbroek, afb. p. 17
• Nederlandse kunst in het Rijksmuseum 1700-1800, Reinier J. Baarsen, p. 110-111, cat.nr. 40
• Rococo in Nederland, Reinier J. Baarsen
• Het Rapenburg, Theodoor Herman Lunsingh Scheurleer, p. 556-561
• Vergoldete Bronzen, Hans 1946- Ottomeyer, p. 443-458
• Keuze uit de aanwinsten, p. 134-136, afb. 6a-c
• De belangrijkste aanwinsten, tentoonstellingen en andere gebeurtenissen, Kees Schoemaker, p. 304, afb. 29
• F. Scholten, 'Gebeeldhouwde schouw', Bulletin van de Vereniging Rembrandt 5 (1995), nr. 3, p. 15-18.
• L.J. van der Klooster, 'Jan Baptist Xavery (1697-1742), documentatie over enkele van zijn werken', Nederlands Kunsthistorisch Jaarboek 21 (1970), p. 99-138, spec. p. 110, noot 45.
• H. Schmitz, Deutsche Möbel des Barock und Rokoko, Stuttgart, 1923, p. 183.