Death Carrying off the Father of a Family, Sebastian Steiner (attributed to workshop of), c. 1865

Identification

Title(s)

Death Carrying off the Father of a Family

Object type

sculpture

Object number

BK-NM-2513

Inscriptions / marks

inscription, at the bottom, in relief: ‘IL FAUT TOUT QUITTER EN MOURANT’

Description

Met lijst.

Creation

Artist

sculptor: Sebastian Steiner (attributed to workshop of)
print maker: Otto van Veen (after)

Place

Innsbruck (possibly)

Dating

c. 1865

Material and Technique

Physical features

limewood

Material

linden

Measurements

height c. 23 cm × width c. 15 cm × depth c. 6 cm

Acquisition and rights

Acquisition

purchase 1875

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

…: ? Jean ‘Louis’ Arnold Hubert Huysmans (1844-1915), 1866;{Inscription on the reverse of the accompanying piece (BK-NM-2512).} …; from the collection A.P. Hermans-Smits (1822-1897), Eindhoven, to the Nederlandsch Museum voor Geschiedenis en Kunst, The Hague, together with numerous other objects (BK-NM-2001 to -2800) for a total of fl. 14,000, 1875; transferred to the museum, 1885

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Documentation

Beeldhouwkunst in het Rijksmuseum [Amsterdam], Jaap Leeuwenberg, cat.nr. 402b

Persistent URL

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