SIGNED G. POOL F 1657, WORKING IN AMSTERDAM

Details

A fine and rare Dutch silver plaquette
Signed G. Pool f 1657, working in Amsterdam
Rectangular, finely embossed and chased with the Presentation in the Temple (Luke 2:22-39), depicting Simeon handing back the infant Jesus to the kneeling Mary, on the left Joseph standing with the kneeling profetess Anna, on the right a man leaning against a column, signed and dated in stipples on the base of the left column, in later velvet mount
6.2 cm. high, 10.2 cm. wide
32 gr.

Provenance

Castle of Heeswijk Sale, Heeswijk, 1902, lot 624 (see J.W. Frederiks, op. cit.)
The Spaendonck-Dreesmann Collection, Sotheby's Amsterdam, 20 October 1999, lot 8.

Literature

J.W. Frederiks, Dutch Silver, The Hague, 1952, vol. I, p. 415, no. 292, illustrated

Exhibited

Exh. Bibl. Art (Amsterdam 1939) no. 84e.; Numism. Exh. (Amsterdam 1946) no. 583.; Exh. Amsterdam 1950, no. 60 (see J.W. Frederiks, op. cit.);

Special notice

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Lot Essay

Juriaen Pool born in 1618 in Schweinitz. Married in 1651 Magrieta Schots, who was the daughter of Geertruyt ter Meysen, who in her second marriage became the wife of Lucas Draef. Magrieta bore Pool a son called Juriaen, who became a painter and married Rachel Ruys, the famous painter of flowers.
Pool was a famous chaser and modeller with many pupils. As a medallist he made several historical medals between 1653 and 1667.
Only a few examples of his embossed work are extant. Only two signed plaquettes (see J.W. Frederiks, op. cit.).

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