Allegorie op de vrijheid, Mattheus Terwesten, 1701

Identification

Title(s)

Allegorie op de vrijheid

Object type

painting

Object number

SK-A-4086

Inscriptions / marks

signature and date: ‘M: Terwesten f 1701’

Description

Allegorie op de vrijheid. Zittende halfnaakte vrouwelijke personificatie van Vrijheid met in de hand een lans met een hoed. Zij wijst met haar rechterhand naar drie putti die van zeven pijlen een pijlenbundel maken.

Creation

Artist

painter: Mattheus Terwesten (signed by artist)

Dating

1701

Material and Technique

Physical features

oil on canvas

Material

Measurements

height 126 cm × width 105.5 cm

Subject

What

Freedom, Liberty; 'LibertÃ ' (Ripa) (+ abstract concept represented by female figure)

Acquisition and rights

Acquisition

purchase 16-Oct-1962

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

…; anonymous sale, Amsterdam (Mak van Waay), 16 October 1962, no. 327, fl. 1,254, to the museum, 1962

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Notes

Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.

Documentation

Persistent URL

To refer to this object please use the following persistent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.10091

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