Prophet, from a Tree of Jesse, anonymous, c. 1515 - c. 1525

Identification

Title(s)

Prophet, from a Tree of Jesse

Object type

sculpture

Object number

BK-NM-2477

Inscriptions / marks

mark, in front of the right foot, branded: a hand (the Antwerp wood quality mark)

Creation

Artist

sculptor: anonymous

Place

Antwerp

Dating

c. 1515 - c. 1525

Material and Technique

Physical features

oak with traces of polychromy

Material

oak (wood)

Measurements

height 37.5 cm × width 15.5 cm × depth 8.5 cm

Acquisition and rights

Acquisition

purchase 1875

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

…; from the collection A.P. Hermans-Smits (1822-1897), Eindhoven, with numerous other objects (BK-NM-2001 to -2800), fl. 14,000 for all, to the Nederlandsch Museum voor Geschiedenis en Kunst, The Hague, 1875; transferred to the museum, 1885; on loan to the Noordbrabants Museum, Den Bosch, 1974-2017

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Documentation

Beeldhouwkunst in het Rijksmuseum [Amsterdam], Jaap Leeuwenberg, cat.nr. 153b
Catalogus van de beeldhouwwerken in het Nederlandsch Museum voor geschiedenis en kunst te Amsterdam [1915], p. 67, cat.nr. 241
Die Holzskulptur in den Niederlanden, Marinus van Notten, Willem Vogelsang, dl. 2, nr. 80b, pl. 31
Catalogus van de beeldhouwwerken in het Nederlandsch Museum voor geschiedenis en kunst te Amsterdam [1904], p. 13, 14, cat.nr. 47

Persistent URL

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