Group of Three Quarrelling Children (Allegory of the Seasons ?)

Group of Three Quarrelling Children (Allegory of the Seasons ?)

BK-1967-19

signature and date, on the side of the plinth, incised: ‘PVB AURSCHEIT STATUARIUS CAESARIS I.F. 1726’ (PVB in ligature)

sculptor: Jan Pieter van Baurscheit (I), Antwerp

1726

white Carrara marble

height 85.5 cm x width 55 cm x depth 53 cm x weight 253 kg

Gift of J.M.E.M. van Voorst van Beest, Arnhem

gift 1967

Public domain

? Commissioned by the House of Orange-Nassau for Het Loo Palace, Apeldoorn, 1726; ? presented by the House of Orange-Nassau to Baron Frederik Willem van Spaen (1667-1735) or to later owners of country house Hulshorst (near Hierden), date unknown;{The country house was sold by Van Spaen to Engelbrecht Georg Ardesch, who sold it to the Van Meurs family in 1813. In 1902 the house was sold to J.M. van Voorst van Beest.} bequeathed to miss J.M.E.M. van Voorst van Beest, Arnhem, date unknown; by whom donated to the museum, 1967

• Jaarverslag Rijksmuseum (1967), p. 32.
• Jaarverslag Rijksmuseum (1968), p. 28.

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