Soldiers at an Encampment, Stone Tablet from the Amsterdam Soldatengasthuis (Soldier’s Hospital), anonymous, 1587

Identification

Title(s)

Soldiers at an Encampment, Stone Tablet from the Amsterdam Soldatengasthuis (Soldier’s Hospital)

Object type

gable stone

Object number

BK-AM-77-A

Description

Een gevelsteen met soldaten bij enige tenten, samen met cartouche inv. nr. BK-AM-77-B. Afkomstig uit het oude soldaten gasthuis te Amsterdam. Opnieuw gepolychromeerd geworden onder Schmidt Degener.

Creation

Artist

sculptor: anonymous

Place

Amsterdam

Dating

1587

Material and Technique

Physical features

sandstone with traces of polychromy

Material

Measurements

height 103.3 cm × width 121 cm
height 72 cm
width 133 cm × depth 45 cm (case)
weight 239.2 kg (total weight)
weight 122.2 kg (top part)
weight 117 kg (bottom part)

Acquisition and rights

Credit line

On loan from the City of Amsterdam

Acquisition

loan 1888

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

Commissioned by the City of Amsterdam and installed in the facade of the Soldatengasthuis, Amsterdam, 1587;{B. van der Mark, ‘Soldiers at an Encampment, Stone Tablet from the Amsterdam Soldatengasthuis (Soldier’s Hospital)’, in F. Scholten and B. van der Mark (eds.), _European Sculpture in the Rijksmuseum_, online coll. cat. Amsterdam 2020.} removed from the facade, 1888;{Note RMA.} on loan from the City of Amsterdam, to the museum, since 1888

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Relations

Documentation

Beeldhouwkunst in het Rijksmuseum [Amsterdam], Jaap Leeuwenberg, cat.nr. 210
Wegwijzer Rijksmuseum 1936, p. 7

Persistent URL

To refer to this object please use the following persistent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.25990

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