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ca. 1575 - ca. 1580
Medium
white-firing clay with polychromy (oil paint)
Dimensions
d c.22.5cm
Collection
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Materials
terracotta (clay material); oil paint (paint)
Object Type
sculpture; relief (sculpture)
Subject Matter
historical persons not known by name (+ profile portrait); neck-gear ~ clothing (with NAME) (+ men's clothes)
Acquisition Method
purchase
Acquired
1955
Notes
inscription, on the reverse, in red chalk: ‘283’
Collection Type
sculptures
Schardt travelled and studied for some years in Italy, notably in Rome, in the Veneto, and in Bologna. He was in the service of the Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian II in Vienna, and also worked at the Danish court. He may have died in Nuremberg, possibly in the early 1590s.
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