A Fight Between Two Street Musicians

Pieter Jansz Quast, in or after 1628 - in or before 1629

Pieter Jansz. Quast, 1606 - 1647. Two men in dispute. Terracotta. Signed and dated, 1629 or 1628.

  • Artwork typesculpture
  • Object numberBK-1966-2
  • Dimensionsheight 21.5 cm x width 29.5 cm x depth 3 cm
  • Physical characteristicsterracotta with gold-dust painting

Identification

  • Title(s)

    A Fight Between Two Street Musicians

  • Object type

  • Object number

    BK-1966-2

  • Inscriptions / marks

    • seal, on the reverse: a remnant of a lacquer seal
    • inscription and date, on the reverse, in pencil: ‘[…] 1841’
    • seal, on the reverse: a lacquer seal with an escutcheon
    • inscription, on the reverse, in pencil: illegible
    • signature and date, on the back of the violin, incised in the wet clay: ‘P. QUAST 162[.]’

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Creation

  • Creation

    sculptor: Pieter Jansz Quast, Amsterdam

  • Dating

    in or after 1628 - in or before 1629

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    terracotta with gold-dust painting

  • Dimensions

    height 21.5 cm x width 29.5 cm x depth 3 cm

Acquisition and rights

  • Acquisition

    purchase 1966

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    ? sale Govert Bidloo (1649-1713), Leiden (Samuel Luchtmans), 1713, p. 109;{Possibly identical to _Een Boere Gevecht geboetzeert_ (a modelled peasant fight).} …; from H.J. Hüber, Munich, fl. 1,003, to the museum, 1966

Documentation

  • Jaarverslag van het Rijksmuseum 1966, p.29

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