Sol (the Sun)

• Sol (The Sun)
• Sol (the Sun)

BK-1977-24

The sun is portrayed in the guise of a young man with an idealized muscular body, and a mask encircled by rays of light before his face. He is accompanied by a lion, the astrological symbol of the sun. This statuette may have been part of a spectacular table fountain, although it is questionable whether this lavish ornament was ever completed.

Jaarverslag van het Rijksmuseum 1977, p.18-20

• modelleur: Johan Gregor van der Schardt, Neurenberg
• caster: Georg Labenwolf, Neurenberg
• sculptor: Danese Cataneo, Italy [rejected]

c. 1570 - c. 1581

brons met bruin patina

height 45.7 cm x width 21.0 cm x depth 13.0 cm

Purchased with the support of the Stichting tot Bevordering van de Belangen van het Rijksmuseum

purchase 1977

Public domain

…; from the dealer Heim Gallery, London, $28,000 (fl. 70,210.10), to the museum, with the support of the Commissie voor Fotoverkoop, 1977

Jaarverslag van het Rijksmuseum 1977, p.18-20

To refer to this object, please use the following persistent URL:

https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/200116289