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Biscuit porcelain bust of a man with a moustache and pointed beard in early 17th century dress (doublet, gown and collar), on a pedestal in the form of a fluted column with a moulded spreading foot. The jurist,theologian and philosopher Hugo De Groot (1583 - 1645), was imprisoned as an ally of Oldenbarnevelt by Prince Maurice of Orange in 1619. He subsequently escaped to France, where he became Swedish ambassador. After a posthumous portrait by Aert Schouman (1710 - 1792) engraved by Jacobus Houbraken ( 1698 - 1780).
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 30104
Creation/Production
Loosdrecht
Schouman, Aert.
Date: 1780-1784
Acquisition
Gift, 1/2/1918
Given by W.S de Winton
Measurements
Height
(cm): 22.8
Length
(cm): 8.7
Width
(cm): 8.5
Height
(in): 9
Length
(in): 3
Width
(in): 3
Techniques
slip-cast
forming
Applied Art
Material
hard-paste porcelain
Location
In store
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