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Young Man Eating Porridge
Jan Smeltzing (I), c. 1690 - c. 1710
- Artwork typesculpture
- Object numberBK-NM-5347
- Dimensionsheight 29.5 cm x width 18 cm x depth 17 cm
- Physical characteristicsterracotta
Identification
Title(s)
Young Man Eating Porridge
Object type
Object number
BK-NM-5347
Inscriptions / marks
- inscription, on the figure’s breastplate, incised in the wet clay: ‘Voor ‘t Quijle’
- monogram, front right along the raised edge of the base, incised in the wet clay: ‘JS’
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Creation
Creation
sculptor: Jan Smeltzing (I), Leiden
Dating
c. 1690 - c. 1710
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Material and technique
Physical description
terracotta
Dimensions
height 29.5 cm x width 18 cm x depth 17 cm
Acquisition and rights
Acquisition
purchase 1881
Copyright
Provenance
…; ? sale collection Mr. Leonard van Heemskerk, Leiden (P. Delfos), 2 September 1771, no. 20;{T.H. Lunsingh Scheurleer et al., _Het Rapenburg: Geschiedenis van een Leidse gracht_, Leiden 1992, vol. 6a, p. 137} …; from M. de Maan, The Hague, with BK-NM-5346, fl. 40 for both, to the Nederlandsch Museum voor Geschiedenis en Kunst, The Hague, 1881; to Amsterdam 1883; to the museum 1885
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