Cartouche from the Facade of the Amsterdam Soldatengasthuis (Soldier’s Hospital)

anonymous, 1587

Cartouche met jaartal 1587, behorend bij een gevelsteen met soldaten en tentenkamp

  • Artwork typecartouche
  • Object numberBK-AM-77-B
  • Dimensionsheight 40 cm x width 85 cm
  • Physical characteristicssandstone with traces of polychromy

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Cartouche from the Facade of the Amsterdam Soldatengasthuis (Soldier’s Hospital)

  • Object type

  • Object number

    BK-AM-77-B

  • Description

    Cartouche met jaartal 1587, behorend bij een gevelsteen met soldaten en tentenkamp

  • Inscriptions / marks

    inscription, in relief: ‘1587’

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Creation

  • Creation

    sculptor: anonymous, Amsterdam

  • Dating

    1587

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    sandstone with traces of polychromy

  • Dimensions

    height 40 cm x width 85 cm

Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    On loan from the City of Amsterdam

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    Commissioned by the City of Amsterdam and installed in the facade of the Soldatengasthuis, Amsterdam, 1587;{B. van der Mark, ‘Soldiers at an Encampment, Stone Tablet from the Amsterdam Soldatengasthuis (Soldier’s Hospital)’, in F. Scholten and B. van der Mark (eds.), _European Sculpture in the Rijksmuseum_, online coll. cat. Amsterdam 2020.} removed from the facade, 1888;{Note RMA.} on loan from the City of Amsterdam, to the museum, since 1888

Documentation

  • Wegwijzer Rijksmuseum 1936, p. 7.

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