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Art-1956

Type:

Bach Bust

Title:

Borstbeelden Concertgebouw: Bach, Van Beethoven en Sweelinck

Location:

Van Baerlestraat (Concertgebouw), Concertgebouwplein 10, 1071 LN Amsterdam the Netherlands

Description:

Three (bronze?) Busts in the central part of the façade of the Concertgebouw.
This building by architect Adolf Leonard van Gendt was opened in 1888.
From left to right:
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621)
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Measures:

Material : Bronze (?)

Creator:

Artist: Johannes Franse (1851-1895), sculptor

Buy item at:

See Source/Links below.

 
 
 
 
 

Comments:

Copyright Photo 01 from Van der Krogt Website; Photo 02: from Polyhymnia International Website; Photo 03: from Locaties.nl Website; Photo 04: VVV.nl Website; Photo 05: by Aseem Khurana (February 2008) from Wikimedia; Photo 06: by Henriette Posthuma de Boer (2003.) from Koninklijke Bibliotheek

Sources/Links:
Hither & Thither: Borstbeelden Concertgebouw (Van der Krogt) [Dutch]
Koninklijk Concertgebouw (Wikipedia) [Dutch]
Concertgebouw Studio Amsterdam
Het Koninklijk Concertgebouw (Locaties.nl)
Concertgebouworkest | Koninklijke Bibliotheek
A.C. de Gooijer: Op een voetstuk gezet: Standbeelden in Amsterdam (1984), pp 185 & 189
Ype Koopmans: Muurvast & gebeiteld: Beeldhouwkunst in de bouw 1840-1940 (Rotterdam 1997), p 284

Contributor: Aryeh Oron (October 2016)


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