Jan Pieter I van Baurscheit (Wormersdorf 1669 - 1728 Antwerp)

Putti Fighting over a Bunch of Grapes: An Allegory of Autumn

terracotta

height 29 cm

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The present work, a group of three putti playfully fighting over a bunch of grapes, compares very favourably to a terracotta bozzetto for a garden fountain attributed to Jan Pieter...

The present work, a group of three putti playfully fighting over a bunch of grapes, compares very favourably to a terracotta bozzetto for a garden fountain attributed to Jan Pieter I, in the King Baudouin Foundation (inv. no. 19 - CVH IC; on permanent loan to the Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp), especially in the treatment of the hands, feet and faces.

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