Cartouche from the Facade of the Amsterdam Soldatengasthuis (Soldier’s Hospital)

anonymous, 1587

Cartouche met jaartal 1587, behorend bij een gevelsteen met soldaten en tentenkamp

  • Artwork typecartouche
  • Object numberBK-AM-77-B
  • Dimensionsheight 40 cm x width 85 cm
  • Physical characteristicssandstone with traces of polychromy

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Cartouche from the Facade of the Amsterdam Soldatengasthuis (Soldier’s Hospital)

  • Object type

  • Object number

    BK-AM-77-B

  • Description

    Cartouche met jaartal 1587, behorend bij een gevelsteen met soldaten en tentenkamp

  • Inscriptions / marks

    inscription, in relief: ‘1587’

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Creation

  • Creation

    sculptor: anonymous, Amsterdam

  • Dating

    1587

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    sandstone with traces of polychromy

  • Dimensions

    height 40 cm x width 85 cm

Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    On loan from the City of Amsterdam

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    Commissioned by the City of Amsterdam and installed in the facade of the Soldatengasthuis, Amsterdam, 1587;{B. van der Mark, ‘Soldiers at an Encampment, Stone Tablet from the Amsterdam Soldatengasthuis (Soldier’s Hospital)’, in F. Scholten and B. van der Mark (eds.), _European Sculpture in the Rijksmuseum_, online coll. cat. Amsterdam 2020.} removed from the facade, 1888;{Note RMA.} on loan from the City of Amsterdam, to the museum, since 1888

Documentation

  • Wegwijzer Rijksmuseum 1936, p. 7.

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anonymous

Cartouche from the Facade of the Amsterdam Soldatengasthuis (Soldier’s Hospital)

Amsterdam, 1587

Inscriptions

  • inscription, in relief:1587

Technical notes

Sculpted in relief and possibly originally polychromed.

Provenance

Commissioned by the City of Amsterdam and installed in the facade of the Soldatengasthuis, Amsterdam, 1587;1B. van der Mark, ‘Soldiers at an Encampment, Stone Tablet from the Amsterdam Soldatengasthuis (Soldier’s Hospital)’, in F. Scholten and B. van der Mark (eds.), European Sculpture in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam 2020. removed from the facade, 1888;2Note RMA. on loan from the City of Amsterdam, to the museum, since 1888

Object number: BK-AM-77-B

Credit line: On loan from the City of Amsterdam

Entry

See the entry on BK-AM-77-A.

Literature

J. Leeuwenberg with the assistance of W. Halsema-Kubes, Beeldhouwkunst in het Rijksmuseum, coll. cat. Amsterdam 1973, no. 210, with earlier literature; O.W. Broers, De gevelstenen van Amsterdam, Hilversum 2007, no. 671A

Citation

B. van der Mark, 2024, 'anonymous, Cartouche from the Facade of the Amsterdam Soldatengasthuis (Soldier’s Hospital), Amsterdam, 1587', in F. Scholten and B. van der Mark (eds.), European Sculpture in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/200116347

(accessed 22 mei 2026 17:45:37 UTC+0).

Footnotes

  • 1B. van der Mark, ‘Soldiers at an Encampment, Stone Tablet from the Amsterdam Soldatengasthuis (Soldier’s Hospital)’, in F. Scholten and B. van der Mark (eds.), European Sculpture in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam 2020.
  • 2Note RMA.