Jan Pieter I van Baurscheit (Wormersdorf 1669 - 1728 Antwerp)
Putti Fighting over a Bunch of Grapes: An Allegory of Autumn
terracotta
height 29 cm
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.
Provenance
Private collection, Paris.
