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Statue - St John the Evangelist
  • St John the Evangelist
    Hendrick de Keyser, born 1565 - died 1621
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St John the Evangelist

  • Object:

    Statue

  • Place of origin:

    Holland (made)

  • Date:

    1613 (made)

  • Artist/Maker:

    Hendrick de Keyser, born 1565 - died 1621 (sculptor)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Alabaster

  • Museum number:

    1046:11-1871

  • Gallery location:

    Medieval and Renaissance, room 50a, case LOFT

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This is an alabaster statue made by Hendrick de Keyser in Netherland, 1613. This figure is normally displayed on the roodloft from the Cathedral of 's-Hertogenbosch(Bois-le-Duc), beneath which it now stands. It is known to have been sculpted by one of the greatest Netherlandish sculptors of the early seventeenth century (the rest of the ensemble was probably made in the workshop of Coenraed van Norenberch).

Physical description

Alabaster statue of St. John the Evangelist, part of the 's-Hertogenbosch rood loft.

Place of Origin

Holland (made)

Date

1613 (made)

Artist/maker

Hendrick de Keyser, born 1565 - died 1621 (sculptor)

Materials and Techniques

Alabaster

Dimensions

Height: 156 cm

Descriptive line

Alabaster statue, part of the Hertogenbosch rood loft, by Hendrick De Keyser, Netherlands, 1613.

Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)

White, A. England c. 1560-c. 1660: A Hundred Years of Continental Influence. Journal of the Church Monuments Society. VII, 1992. pp. 43, 66. fig. 38.
Hubbard, C. Alabaster Conservation. V&A Conservation Journal. April 1993. no. 7. pp. 8-10.
Trusted, Majorie. ed. The Making of Sculpture: the Materials and Techniques of European Sculpture. London: V&A Publications, 2007. p. 112. pl. 199.
Modeste barok. Beeldwerk in Brabant in de zeventiende en achttiende eeuw. p. 9. fig. 1. Catalogue of the exhibition held Museum voor Religieuze Kunst, Uden, 1994.
Scholten, F. Sumptuous Memories: Studies in Seventeenth-century Dutch Tomb Sculpture. Zwolle: Waanders, 2003. p. 11.
Also see bibliographic reference of 1046:1-1871

Exhibition History

Dawn of the Golden Age. Northern Netherlandish Art 1580-1620 (Rijksmuseum 11/12/1993-06/03/1994)

Subjects depicted

John (Saint John the Evangelist)

Categories

Sculpture

Collection code

SCP

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