Young Man Eating Porridge, Jan Smeltzing (I), c. 1690 - c. 1710

Identification

Title(s)

Young Man Eating Porridge

Object type

sculpture

Object number

BK-NM-5347

Inscriptions / marks

monogram, front right along the raised edge of the base, incised in the wet clay: ‘JS’ (in ligature)
inscription, on the figure’s breastplate, incised in the wet clay: ‘Voor ‘t Quijle’ (against the drooling)

Creation

Artist

sculptor: Jan Smeltzing (I)

Place

Leiden

Dating

c. 1690 - c. 1710

Material and Technique

Physical features

terracotta

Material

terracotta (clay material)

Technique

modeling

Measurements

height 29.5 cm × width 18.0 cm × depth 17.0 cm

Acquisition and rights

Acquisition

purchase 1881

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

…; ? sale collection Mr. Leonard van Heemskerk, Leiden (P. Delfos), 2 September 1771, no. 20;{T.H. Lunsingh Scheurleer et al., _Het Rapenburg: Geschiedenis van een Leidse gracht_, Leiden 1992, vol. 6a, p. 137} …; from M. de Maan, The Hague, with BK-NM-5346, fl. 40 for both, to the Nederlandsch Museum voor Geschiedenis en Kunst, The Hague, 1881; to Amsterdam 1883; to the museum 1885

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Documentation

Beeldhouwkunst in het Rijksmuseum [Amsterdam], Jaap Leeuwenberg, cat.nr. 334b
Catalogus van de beeldhouwwerken in het Nederlandsch Museum voor geschiedenis en kunst te Amsterdam [1915], p. 89, cat.nr. 291
Catalogus van de beeldhouwwerken in het Nederlandsch Museum voor geschiedenis en kunst te Amsterdam [1904], p. 51-52, cat.nr. 195

Persistent URL

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