Prophet, from a Tree of Jesse, anonymous, c. 1520 - c. 1525

Identification

Title(s)

Prophet, from a Tree of Jesse

Object type

sculpture

Object number

BK-NM-11395-A

Inscriptions / marks

mark, on the bottom behind the foremost fold of the alb, branded: a hand (the Antwerp wood quality mark)
mark, on the reverse, incised: a wood merchant’s mark

Description

Profeet met spreukband.

Creation

Artist

sculptor: anonymous

Place

Antwerp

Dating

c. 1520 - c. 1525

Material and Technique

Physical features

oak with traces of polychromy

Material

oak (wood)

Measurements

height 50 cm × width 24 cm (base) × depth 8 cm (base)

Acquisition and rights

Acquisition

purchase 1899

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

…; from the dealer J.J. Boas Berg, Amsterdam, together with three other sculptures (BK-NM-11395-B and -C and BK-NM-11396) for a total of fl. 750,{BK-NM-11396 was de-accessioned in 1923.} to the museum, 1899; on loan to the Museum voor Religieuze Kunst, Uden, 2005-12

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Relations

Documentation

Beeldhouwkunst in het Rijksmuseum [Amsterdam], Jaap Leeuwenberg, cat.nr. 154a
Catalogus van de beeldhouwwerken in het Nederlandsch Museum voor geschiedenis en kunst te Amsterdam [1915], Adriaan, 1860-1944 Pit, p. 68, cat.nr. 243
Die Holzskulptur in den Niederlanden, Willem, 1875-1954 Vogelsang, dl. 2, nr. 95, pl. 31
A. Pit, Bulletin van de Nederlandse Oudheidkundige Bond 1 (1899/1900), p. 5.

Persistent URL

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