Escutcheon of Frans Banninck Cocq, Lord of Purmerland and Ilpendam

workshop of Artus Quellinus (I), c. 1650 - c. 1652

Quellinus took on private commissions from the Amsterdam mayors and their relatives, such as this design for the family coat of arms of Frans Banninck Cocq (1605–1655). He was Lord of Purmerend and Ilpendam and is chiefly known as the central figure in Rembrandt’s Nightwatch.

  • Artwork typewapenbord
  • Object numberBK-NM-175
  • Dimensionsheight 59 cm x width 22.5 cm (terracotta), height 84 cm x width 45 cm x depth 9.5 cm (frame)
  • Physical characteristicsterracotta with polychromy (relief); wood with polychromy and gilding (frame)

Identification

  • Title(s)

    • Model for the Escutcheon of Burgomaster Banningh Cocq (1605-1655), Lord of Purmerland and Ilpendam, in the Vierschaar of the Amsterdam Town Hall (now Royal Palace) at Dam Square
    • Escutcheon of Frans Banninck Cocq, Lord of Purmerland and Ilpendam

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  • Object number

    BK-NM-175

  • Description

    Wapenbord van Banninck Cocq, heer van Purmerland en Ilpendam (1605-1655)

  • Inscriptions / marks

    inscription, on the banderole on the tree trunk, incised in the wet clay: ‘F. BANNINGH COCQ’

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Creation

  • Creation

    sculptor: workshop of Artus Quellinus (I), Amsterdam

  • Dating

    c. 1650 - c. 1652

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    terracotta with polychromy (relief); wood with polychromy and gilding (frame)

  • Dimensions

    • height 59 cm x width 22.5 cm (terracotta)
    • height 84 cm x width 45 cm x depth 9.5 cm (frame)

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Acquisition and rights

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    Commissioned by the City of Amsterdam, c. 1650-52;{B. van der Mark, ‘Model for the Escutcheon of Burgomaster Banningh Cocq (1605-1655), Lord of Purmerland and Ilpendam, in the Vierschaar of the Amsterdam Town Hall (now Royal Palace) at Dam Square’, in F. Scholten and B. van der Mark (eds.), _European Sculpture in the Rijksmuseum_, online coll. cat. Amsterdam 2024.} …; from Ilpenstein Castle, Ilpendam to the dealer Van Gelder, The Hague, c. 1872;{Possibly mentioned in the sale catalogue C.H. de Graeff (Ilpendam), 7 October 1872, as no. 51: ‘1 Wapenschilderij’. No. 54: ‘2 Wapenschilderijen’ could then be identified as the two other remaining escutcheons, representing the coat of arms of ‘C. de Graef’. For the dealer Van Gelder, see C. Stolwijk, _Uit de schilderswereld: Nederlandse kunstschilders in de tweede helft van de negentiende eeuw_, Leiden 1998, p. 310.} from whom acquired by the Nederlandsch Museum voor Geschiedenis en Kunst, The Hague, 1874; transferred to the museum, 1885

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