Lot Essay
Another cast can be found in the Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo.
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Jan Steen
Details
Joseph Mendes da Costa (1863-1939)
Jan Steen
signed with monogram and dated '1911' (on the base) and inscribed with title (on the side of the base) and inscribed with foundry mark 'fonderie natle de bronzes/J Petermann/St Gilles-Bruxelles' (along the edge of the base)
bronze
35 cm. high (incl. bronze base)
Conceived in 1911 and cast in an edition of circa twelve.
Jan Steen
signed with monogram and dated '1911' (on the base) and inscribed with title (on the side of the base) and inscribed with foundry mark 'fonderie natle de bronzes/J Petermann/St Gilles-Bruxelles' (along the edge of the base)
bronze
35 cm. high (incl. bronze base)
Conceived in 1911 and cast in an edition of circa twelve.
Provenance
Acquired from H.P. Bremmer by the previous owners.
Literature
A.M. Hammacher, Mendes da Costa. De geestlijke boodschap der beeldhouwkunst, Rotterdam 1941, no. 30 (ill. of another cast)
Kunstschrift, XLI (1997), no. 1, p. 26, no. 34 (ill. of another cast)
Kunstschrift, XLI (1997), no. 1, p. 26, no. 34 (ill. of another cast)
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