ID 1250864
Lot 52 | JAN CLAUDIUS DE COCK (BRUSSELS 1667–1735 ANTWERP)
Estimate value
£ 120 000 – 180 000
Day and Night
marble pair; the figure representing Day holding a torch and with a cockerel eating feed at his feet and that of Night with an owl and lantern; inscribed, signed and dated 'Dies', 'Joes: Claud: De Cock: fec: 1715' and 'Nox', 'Joes: Claud: De Cock inv: f: 1715' respectively
34 in. (86 cm.) high, each(2)
Provenance
Private collection, England.
Aldridge’s Bath, 25 March 1981, when acquired by Thomas Agnew and Sons Ltd,
from whom acquired by the present owner on 11 February 1986.
Literature
Thos. Agnew and Sons Ltd, Sculpture and Works of Art, 1981, no. 8, illustrated.
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
J. Leeuwenberg and W. Halsema-Kubes, Beeldhouwkunst in het Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 1973, pp. 253-4.
H. Bussers, La Sculpture au Siècle de Rubens dans les Pays-Bas méridionaux et la Principauté de Liège, exh. cat., Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Brussels, 1977, p. 38, nos. 5-6.
H. Bussers, ‘Enkele Gegevens over de Antwerpse beeldhouwer Joannes Claudius de Cock’, in Bulletin des Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, i-iii, 1992, pp. 331- 42.
C. Lawrence, 'Jan Claudius de Cock', in J. Turner, ed., The Dictionary of Art, London and New York, 1996, VII, pp. 500-1.
Galerie Andre Lemaire, Paris, Choix de Sculptures, XVllle - XXe siecle, October- November 2004, pp. 4-5, no. 1.
Exhibited
E. Bergvelt and R. Kistemaker, eds., De Wereld Binnen Handbereik: Nederlandse kunst-en rariteitenverzamelingen 1585-1735, Amsterdam Historisch Museum, 1992, p. 76, no. 150, illustrated.
| Artist: | Jan Claudius de Cock (1667 - 1736) |
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| Medium: | Marble, Stone |
| Art style: | Baroque, Old Masters |
| Genre: | Allegory |
| Place of origin: | Belgium, Western Europe, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Sculptures, Sculptures, Statues & Figures |
| Artist: | Jan Claudius de Cock (1667 - 1736) |
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| Medium: | Marble, Stone |
| Art style: | Baroque, Old Masters |
| Genre: | Allegory |
| Place of origin: | Belgium, Western Europe, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Sculptures, Sculptures, Statues & Figures |
| Address of auction |
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