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Two Putti Romping
anonymous, c. 1670 - c. 1730
Frans Duquesnoy (1597 - 1643) (school of). Two putti fighting. Marble. Rome, c. 1640.
- Artwork typesculpture
- Object numberBK-B-8
- Dimensionsheight 59 cm x width 49 cm x depth 41 cm, weight 56 kg
- Physical characteristicswhite Carrara marble
Identification
Title(s)
Two Putti Romping
Object type
Object number
BK-B-8
Inscriptions / marks
inscription, on the left buttock of the standing boy, incised: ‘JvGelte[.]’
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Creation
Creation
- sculptor: anonymous, Italy
- sculptor: anonymous, Rome (possibly)
Dating
c. 1670 - c. 1730
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Material and technique
Physical description
white Carrara marble
Dimensions
- height 59 cm x width 49 cm x depth 41 cm
- weight 56 kg
Acquisition and rights
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Provenance
…; with the entire collection of Frederik Count De Thoms (1696-1746), Leiden, fl. 30,000, to Prince William IV of Orange-Nassau (1711-1751), Kabinet van Antiquiteiten, Stadhouderlijk Kabinet, The Hague, 1751;{J. Leeuwenberg with the assistance of W. Halsema-Kubes, _Beeldhouwkunst in het Rijksmuseum_, coll. cat. Amsterdam 1973, no. 243 and S.W.A. Drossaers and T.H. Lunsingh Scheurleer (eds.), _Inventarissen van de inboedels in de verblijven van de Oranjes en daarmee gelijk te stellen stukken 1567-1795_, 3. vols, The Hague 1974-76, vol. 2 (1975), p. 745, no. 57: _1 moderne group spelende kinderen van den ridder Bernini_. For De Thoms, see R.B. Halbertsma, _Scholars, Travellers and Trade: The Pioneer Years of the National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden 1818-1840_, London/New York 2003, pp. 11-14.} transferred to the Nationale Konst-Gallery in Huis ten Bosch, The Hague, 1800;{Mentioned in the 1801 inventory by C.S. Roos, see E.W. Moes and E. van Biema, _De nationale Konst-Gallery en het Koninklijk Museum: Bijdrage tot de geschiedenis van het Rijksmuseum_, Amsterdam 1909, p. 52, no. 216: _Twee worstelende kinderen_.} transferred to the Koninklijk Museum in the Royal Palace, Amsterdam, 1808; transferred to the Rijksmuseum in the Trippenhuis, Amsterdam, 1817; transferred to the museum, 1885/87
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