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St James the Less
Walter Pompe, 1773
Walter Pompe (1703 - 1777) St James Minor. Terracotta. Antwerp, 1773.
- Artwork typesculpture
- Object numberBK-1959-77-A
- Dimensionsheight 105 cm x width 52 cm x depth 36 cm x weight 52 kg
- Physical characteristicsterracotta
Identification
Title(s)
St James the Less
Object type
Object number
BK-1959-77-A
Inscriptions / marks
- signature, on the right side of the plinth, incised in the wet clay: ‘W. POMPE. fec.’
- inscription, on the front side of the plinth, incised in the wet clay: ‘S.IACOBUS: MIN: / VI’
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Creation
Creation
sculptor: Walter Pompe, Antwerp
Dating
1773
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Material and technique
Physical description
terracotta
Dimensions
height 105 cm x width 52 cm x depth 36 cm x weight 52 kg
Acquisition and rights
Credit line
Purchased with the support of the Stichting tot Bevordering van de Belangen van het Rijksmuseum
Acquisition
purchase 1959
Copyright
Provenance
…; from an unknown church in Zeeland;{C. Van Herck, ‘Walter Pompe en zijn werk’, _Antwerpen’s Oudheidkundige Kring_ 11 (1935), pp. 145-86, esp. p. 175.} …; from Hippoliet Meeus (1892-1914), Wijnegem, to Mr Lowet de Wotrenge, Château de Crimont, date unknown;{C. Van Herck, ‘Walter Pompe en zijn werk’, _Antwerpen’s Oudheidkundige Kring_ 11 (1935), pp. 145-86, esp. p. 175.} whose sale, Brussels (Galerie Léopold), 20 November 1933, nos. 240-51; …; acquired from the dealer J.J.Th.M. Bless, Lent (near Nijmegen), fl. 1,500, donated by the Commissie voor Fotoverkoop, to the museum, 1959
Documentation
- Jaarverslag van het Rijksmuseum 1959, p.19/20
- C. van Herck, 'Jaarboek Antwerpen's Oudheidkundige Kring XI', Walter Pompe en zijn werk, 1935, blz. 145 e.v., nr. 173, pl. IX
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