Lot Essay
Johannes van der Wolk was the owner of the tile factory Het Wapen van Dantzich in Rotterdam from 1782 to ca. 1807
See illustration
See illustration
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1782-1807
Details
a rotterdam wolk clock tile panel
1782-1807
Painted in manganese, yellow, green and blue with a clock surmounted by a winged hourglass surrounded by rococo-style scrolls with a bone and a scythe symbolising Vanitas, the dial signed J V D WOLK TOT ROTTERDAM (framed)
2 x 3 tiles, 39 x 26 cm.
1782-1807
Painted in manganese, yellow, green and blue with a clock surmounted by a winged hourglass surrounded by rococo-style scrolls with a bone and a scythe symbolising Vanitas, the dial signed J V D WOLK TOT ROTTERDAM (framed)
2 x 3 tiles, 39 x 26 cm.
Literature
Cf. Jonge, dr C.H. de, Nederlandse tegels, Amsterdam 1971, p.115, ill. c