Soldiers at an Encampment, Stone Tablet from the Amsterdam Soldatengasthuis (Soldier’s Hospital)

anonymous, 1587

Tablet with soldiers at an encampment. Sandstone. Amsterdam, 1587. From the Soldatengasthuis, a hospital for soldiers near the Doelensluis in Amsterdam.

  • Artwork typegable stone
  • Object numberBK-AM-77-A
  • Dimensionsheight 103.3 cm x width 121 cm, weight 239.2 kg (total weight), weight 122.2 kg (top part), weight 117 kg (bottom part)
  • Physical characteristicssandstone with traces of polychromy

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Soldiers at an Encampment, Stone Tablet from the Amsterdam Soldatengasthuis (Soldier’s Hospital)

  • Object type

  • Object number

    BK-AM-77-A

  • Description

    Een gevelsteen met soldaten bij enige tenten, samen met cartouche inv. nr. BK-AM-77-B. Afkomstig uit het oude soldaten gasthuis te Amsterdam. Opnieuw gepolychromeerd geworden onder Schmidt Degener.

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Creation

  • Creation

    sculptor: anonymous, Amsterdam

  • Dating

    1587

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    sandstone with traces of polychromy

  • Dimensions

    • height 103.3 cm x width 121 cm
    • weight 239.2 kg (total weight)
    • weight 122.2 kg (top part)
    • weight 117 kg (bottom part)

Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    On loan from the City of Amsterdam

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    Commissioned by the City of Amsterdam and installed in the facade of the Soldatengasthuis, Amsterdam, 1587;{B. van der Mark, ‘Soldiers at an Encampment, Stone Tablet from the Amsterdam Soldatengasthuis (Soldier’s Hospital)’, in F. Scholten and B. van der Mark (eds.), _European Sculpture in the Rijksmuseum_, online coll. cat. Amsterdam 2020.} removed from the facade, 1888;{Note RMA.} on loan from the City of Amsterdam, to the museum, since 1888

Documentation

  • Wegwijzer Rijksmuseum 1936, p. 7

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