Jan Bernard Barckhuizen (1684-1760)
€ 5.000,00Prijs
Plaquette with hunting scenes
Cover (used to belong to silver tobacco box)
Bottom right monogram I.E.B. fecit 1757
The Netherlands
5 x 12 cm
Mother of pearl, mounted with silver
Two sides scenery
A scene of hunters with hunting rifles and hunting dogs.
In verso a hunting scene, showing Diana, Godess of Hunting.
Collection Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
The Rijksmuseum collection has a snuff box with a similar relief by Jan Bernard Barckhuizen. The reliefs by this artist are very rare.
The relief on the snuffbox shows a scene with Diana and Callisto.
Publicatie
Uit het Kunsthistorisch Jaarboek (1966) door W.H. Seters:
PARELMOERKUNSTENAARS IN DE 18de EEUW: HET WERK VAN J. B. BARCKHUYSEN, J. C. KONSÉ EN C. LA MOTTE