SIGNED WITH A RAISED MONOGRAM PV FOR PAUL VAN VIANEN, UTRECHT AND DATED 1611

Details

A Dutch silver plaquette
Signed with a raised monogram PV for Paul van Vianen, Utrecht and dated 1611
The circular plaque repoussé and chased with the figure of Charity, seated against a tree, an infant on her lap sucking its thumb, a child to her left holding a stick and another to her right stroking a dog with a sleeping dog at her feet, the background chased with a tree between buildings in a landscape, signed on rock to the left
12.5 cm. (4 7/8 in.) diam.
78 gr. (2 oz.)

Provenance

With A.C. Beeling & Zoon, Leeuwarden, 1978, acquired by
Dr Anton C.R. Dreesmann (inventory no. G-66).

Literature

Catalogue of the exhibition, Selections of XVII and XVIII Century Dutch Art from the Collection of Dr A.C.R. Dreesmann, Notre Dame, Indiana, The Snite Museum of Art, 17 October 26 December 1982, p. 71, no. 45.
Catalogue of the exhibition, Zeldzaam zilver uit de Gouden Eeuw. De Utrechtse edelsmeden Van Vianen, Utrecht, 14 December 1984 4 March 1985, p. 51, no. 27.
J.R. ter Molen, Van Vianen, Rotterdam, 1984, vol. II, p. 36, no. 115.

Exhibited

Notre Dame, Indiana, The Snite Museum of Art, Selections of XVII and XVIII Century Dutch Art from the Collection of Dr. A.C.R. Dreesmann, 17 October 26 December 1982, no. 45.
Utrecht, Centraal Museum, Zeldzaam zilver uit de Gouden Eeuw, De Utrechtse edelsmeden Van Vianen, 14 December 1984 4 March 1985, no. 27.

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Lot Essay

The same composition was used around 1660 by the Nijmegen silversmith Jan Hermansz Grameij on the cover of a pyx. Presumably Grameij used, as his source, either this plaque or, more likely, a drawing by Paul van Vianen. The building in the background on the right appears also on a plaquette with the depiction of Minerva and the Muses which Paul made in 1604. It is the church of Sts. Cosmas and Damian at the Via Sacra in Rome. The print source for the depiction of the church has been identified as Vestigi dell' Antichit' di Roma by Stefano du Pirac, published in 1575 (see J.R. ter Molen, op. cit.)

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