Prudentia (Prudence)

attributed to workshop of Rombout Verhulst, c. 1670 - c. 1690

Rombout Verhulst came from Mechelen (in present day Belgium) to Amsterdam to work on the decoration of Amsterdam’s new town hall (now the Palace on Dam Square). He later settled in The Hague, where he made this statue of Prudentia. Together with a counterpart, it adorned the gate of Zwaansvliet, a country estate built by the merchant François van Os in the Beemster Polder around 1628.

  • Artwork typesculpture, tuinbeeld
  • Object numberBK-B-92-A
  • Dimensionsheight 187 cm x width 69 cm x depth 43 cm x weight 470 kg (incl. plinth), height 99 cm x width 79 cm x depth 56 cm x weight 739 kg (non-original socle)
  • Physical characteristicsBentheim sandstone

Identification

  • Title(s)

    • Prudence (Prudentia)
    • Prudentia (Prudence)

  • Object type

  • Object number

    BK-B-92-A

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Creation

  • Creation

    sculptor: attributed to workshop of Rombout Verhulst, The Hague

  • Dating

    c. 1670 - c. 1690

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    Bentheim sandstone

  • Dimensions

    • height 187 cm x width 69 cm x depth 43 cm x weight 470 kg (incl. plinth)
    • height 99 cm x width 79 cm x depth 56 cm x weight 739 kg (non-original socle)

Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    Purchased with the support of the Vereniging Rembrandt

  • Acquisition

    purchase 1907-01

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    ? Commissioned by the Van Oss family for their country house Zwaansvliet near Purmerend, c. 1670-90;{First recorded there on a photograph dating from c. 1900, see G. Köhne, ‘Bij ons in de Beemster’, _Noordholland_ 3 (1958), p. 183 (ill.).} from the owner of Zwaansvliet, purchased by the dealer Z.J. Woudstra, Amsterdam, in or before 1907;{Note RMA.} from whom, with pendant, BK-B-92-B, fl. 1,200 for both, to the museum, with the support of the Vereniging Rembrandt, 1907

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