River God, Jan Baptist Xavery, Jan Baptist Xavery, 1720

Identification

Title(s)

River God

Object type

sculpture

Object number

BK-NM-5350

Inscriptions / marks

signature and date, on the rock below his right foot, in the wet clay: ‘J·B·XAVERY / 1720’

Creation

Artist

Jan Baptist Xavery

Place

Rome

Dating

1720

Material and Technique

Physical features

terracotta

Material

terracotta (clay material)

Measurements

height 33 cm × width 28 cm × depth 15 cm

Acquisition and rights

Acquisition

transfer 1883

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

…; acquired from S. Sarluis, The Hague, by the Nederlandsch Museum voor Geschiedenis en Kunst, The Hague, 1881, through the mediation of Victor de Stuers; transferred to the museum, 1885

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Documentation

Beeldhouwkunst in het Rijksmuseum [Amsterdam], Jaap Leeuwenberg, cat.nr. 373
Catalogus van de beeldhouwwerken in het Nederlandsch Museum voor geschiedenis en kunst te Amsterdam [1915], p. 90, cat.nr. 297
Catalogus van de beeldhouwwerken in het Nederlandsch Museum voor geschiedenis en kunst te Amsterdam [1904], p. 52-53, cat.nr. 201

Persistent URL

To refer to this object please use the following persistent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.24889

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