Johan van Oldenbarnevelt

Details

Toon Dupuis (1877 - 1937)
Johan van Oldenbarnevelt
signed 'T. Dupuis' (along the edge of the bronze base) and with the foundrymark 'NV.ENW Afd. Kunstgieterij Leiden' (along the reverse edge of the bronze base)
bronze with a brown patina
70 x 52 cm.
Conceived in the 1930's and cast in a small edition (probably one)

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Lot Essay

The present lot may have been a design for a monument for Van Oldenbarnvelt in the Hague, near de Hooge Raad, a commission Dupuis did not receive.

We kindly thank Drs. Pier Terwen for his help in cataloguing this lot.

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