Young Woman with a Lamb

Jan Smeltzing (I), c. 1680 - c. 1700

Jan III Schmeltzing (d. 1703, Leiden), signed. Young woman with a lamb, terracotta.

  • Artwork typesculpture
  • Object numberBK-NM-5346
  • Dimensionsheight 29 cm x width 20.5 cm x depth 15 cm
  • Physical characteristicsterracotta

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Young Woman with a Lamb

  • Object type

  • Object number

    BK-NM-5346

  • Inscriptions / marks

    signature, along the raised front right edge of the base, incised in the wet clay: ‘J: Smeltzing, Leide’

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Creation

  • Creation

    sculptor: Jan Smeltzing (I), Leiden

  • Dating

    c. 1680 - c. 1700

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    terracotta

  • Dimensions

    height 29 cm x width 20.5 cm x depth 15 cm

Acquisition and rights

  • Acquisition

    purchase 1881

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; sale collection Leonard van Heemskerk, Leiden (P. Delfos), 2 September 1771, p. 14, no. 18;{T.H. Lunsingh Scheurleer et al., _Het Rapenburg: Geschiedenis van een Leidse gracht_, Leiden 1992, vol. 6a, p. 137.} …; from M. de Maan, The Hague, with BK-NM-5347, fl. 40 for both, to the Nederlandsch Museum voor Geschiedenis en Kunst, The Hague, 1881; to the museum 1885

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