ID: 700000138 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700000138	Record Type: Movable Work
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Bust of Jacob van Reygersberg (statue; Rombout Verhulst (Flemish, 1624-1698) ; 1671; J. Paul Getty Museum (Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, Calif...; 84.SA.743 )

Note: Although represented in the artificial format of a bust, cut off at mid-chest, the marble statue of Jacob van Reygersberg nevertheless strikes the viewer with its extraordinary realism. The sculptor Rombout Verhulst conveyed the figure's motion and spontaneity through the twisted head, furrowed brow, and pursed lips. Verhulst's facility in differentiating textures--Van Reygersberg's shield has a smooth hardness, his cravat a lacy delicacy, and his skin an unusual, satiny texture-heightens the realism. Decorative scrolls, which also lead the viewer's gaze up toward the subject's face, is soften the figure's sudden truncation at mid-chest. Jacob van Reygersberg was a wealthy provincial politician who had recently been sent to the States General, the national governing body of the Netherlands, to represent the Dutch province of Zeeland. His armor identifies him as a member of the noble class.

Titles:

Bust of Jacob van Reygersberg (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

Bust of Jacob van Reygersberg (1625 - 1675) (C,U,English,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

statue [300047600] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, sculpture (visual works), <sculpture by subject type>)

Classifications:

sculptures (preferred)

European art

Creation Date: 1671

Creator Display:

Rombout Verhulst (Flemish, 1624-1698) [preferred,VP]

sculptor Verhulst, Rombout (Flemish sculptor, 1624-1698, active in the Netherlands) [500009676]

Locations:

Current: J. Paul Getty Museum (Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, California, United States) [500115988] J. Paul Getty Trust, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 84.SA.743

Other: Creation: Nederland [7016845] Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: marble with extensive drillwork

	marble (rock) [300011443]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, rock (inorganic material), metamorphic rock)

	carving (processes) [300053149]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <subtractive processes and techniques>, <carving and carving techniques>)

	drillwork (sculpture technique) [300186211]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <subtractive processes and techniques>, <carving and carving techniques>, carving techniques)

Dimensions: 63 x 57 x 33 cm (24 13/16 x 22 7/16 x 13 in.)

Cultures:

Dutch (preferred)

General Subject:

portraits (preferred)

human figures

Specific Subjects:

	Jacob van Reygersberg (Dutch noble and patron, 1625-1675) [500329592]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	single-sitter portrait [300404138]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by subject type>, portraits) (AAT)

Inscriptions: inscribed on the front: MEA SORTE CONTENTUS; signed on the left: R. Verhulst fec.; dated on the right: Anno 1671; inscribed on the back: DIT IS HET AFBEELTSEL VAN / IACOB VAN REIGERSBERGH. / GEBOREN IN MIDDELBURGH / DEN.X.APRIL.1625. / WEGENS DE PROVINTIE / VAN ZEELANT GEDEPUTEERDT / TER VERGADERINGH VAN / HAER HOOGH MOGENTHEDEN / DEN.17.7.BER DES IAERS 1663 / STURF DEN.29.APRIL.1675

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: carvings and sculptures

Sources and Contributors:
Bust of Jacob van Reygersberg	........ [VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)
Bust of Jacob van Reygersberg (1625 - 1675)	........ [VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)

Subject: ....... [VP]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-) accessed 10 February 2010