Prudentia (Prudence), Rombout Verhulst (attributed to workshop of), c. 1670 - c. 1690

Bentheim sandstone, h 187cm × w 69cm × d 43cm × w 470kg More details

Rombout Verhulst came from Mechelen (in present day Belgium) to Amsterdam to work on the decoration of Amsterdam’s new town hall (now the Palace on Dam Square). He later settled in The Hague, where he made this statue of Prudentia. Together with a counterpart, it adorned the gate of Zwaansvliet, a country estate built by the merchant François van Os in the Beemster Polder around 1628.

Identification

Title(s)

Prudentia (Prudence)
Prudence (Prudentia)

Object type

sculpture

Object number

BK-B-92-A

Creation

Artist

sculptor: Rombout Verhulst (attributed to workshop of)

Place

The Hague

Dating

c. 1670 - c. 1690

Material and Technique

Physical features

Bentheim sandstone

Material

sandstone

Measurements

height 187 cm × width 69 cm × depth 43 cm × weight 470 kg (incl. plinth)
height 99 cm × width 79 cm × depth 56 cm × weight 739 kg (non-original socle)

Acquisition and rights

Credit line

Purchased with the support of the Vereniging Rembrandt

Acquisition

purchase Jan-1907

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

? Commissioned by the Van Oss family for their country house Zwaansvliet near Purmerend, c. 1670-90;{First recorded there on a photograph dating from c. 1900, see G. Köhne, ‘Bij ons in de Beemster’, _Noordholland_ 3 (1958), p. 183 (ill.).} from the owner of Zwaansvliet, purchased by the dealer Z.J. Woudstra, Amsterdam, in or before 1907;{Note RMA.} from whom, with pendant, BK-B-92-B, fl. 1,200 for both, to the museum, with the support of the Vereniging Rembrandt, 1907

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Relations

Het Lot

Documentation

Beeldhouwkunst in het Rijksmuseum [Amsterdam], Jaap Leeuwenberg, cat.nr. 317a

Persistent URL

To refer to this object please use the following persistent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.24804

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