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Subject
Secular. Allegory.

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S'-Heerenberg, Huis Bergh Castle

Inv. 397

Ivory

Height: 150mm
Width: 45mm
Depth: 35mm

Crowned standing figure of Justice with sword and scales.

's-Heerenberg 2008: probably Italy (Pisa), late 19th century or early 20th century.


Attribution
In the style of Giovanni Pisano ('s-Heerenberg 2008).

Reverse
Carved in the round.

Provenance
Purchased for the museum by Jan Herman van Heek from C. Zeggelink, Enschede, 28 October 1940.

Bibliography
R. van Luttervelt, Inventarislijst van de varzameling schilderijen, beeldouwwerken, handschriften en andere kunstvoorwerpen, op Huis Bergh, s'-Herenberg, opgemaakt door Dr. R. van Luttevelt, October - November 1948, (typescript, copy held in Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum library), p. 119.
J. H. van Heek, Wat het Huis Bergh in zich houdt (s'-Heerenberg, 1960), p. 65.
J. H. van Heek, Huis Bergh: kasteel en collectie, ed by R. A. A. van Gruting (Nijmegen, 1987), p. 127.
Voyages of Discovery in the Collections of Huis Bergh, ed. by A. de Vries ('s-Heerenberg, 2008), pp. 38-51 (esp. pp. 38-40), pl. 15.


Image

© Collection Dr. J.H. van Heek, Huis Bergh Castle, s'-Heerenberg.

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