Vase

Jan van Logteren, 1737

The Amsterdam sculptor Van Logteren decorated this exceptionally rich garden vase with two stories about ill-fated romances from Antiquity. One side features Venus marrying the misshapen god Vulcan against her will, only then to commit adultery with Mars. On the other side, Apollo is courting the nymph Daphne, in vain; to escape her assailant, she was transformed into a laurel tree soon thereafter.

  • Artwork typevase, sculpture
  • Object numberBK-16443
  • Dimensionsheight 141 cm x width 81.5 cm x depth 63 cm, width 43 cm x depth 43 cm (plinth), weight 138.4 kg, weight 415.5 kg (total)
  • Physical characteristicswhite Carrara marmer

Identification

  • Title(s)

    • Garden Vase Decorated with Two Mythological Scenes: Venus is Given in Marriage to Vulcan and Apollo Reveals his Divinity to Issé
    • Vase

  • Object type

  • Object number

    BK-16443

  • Inscriptions / marks

    • signature and date, on the front of the plinth, incised: ‘Jan Van Logteren 1737.’
    • signature and date, on the back of the plinth, incised: ‘Jan Van Logteren 1737.’

Creation

  • Creation

    sculptor: Jan van Logteren, Amsterdam

  • Dating

    1737

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    white Carrara marmer

  • Dimensions

    • height 141 cm x width 81.5 cm x depth 63 cm
    • width 43 cm x depth 43 cm (plinth)
    • weight 138.4 kg
    • weight 415.5 kg (total)

Acquisition and rights

  • Acquisition

    purchase 1950

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; from the gardens of country house Enghuizen near Lochem, to the dealer A. Nijstad, Lochem, c. 1948;{The house burned down in 1948.} from whom purchased by the museum, with six other vases (BK-16444-A, -B; BK-16445-A, -B; BK-16446-A, -B) for a total of fl. 20,000, 1950

Documentation

  • Jaarverslag van het Rijksmuseum 1950, p.8/9

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