AFTER A DRAWING BY JAN PIETER VAN BAURSCHEIT (1669-1728) FOUR... Lot 26

AFTER A DRAWING BY JAN PIETER VAN BAURSCHEIT (1669-1728) FOUR SCULPTURES : ALLEGORIES OF THE SEASONS IN THE GUISE OF A CHILD On a terracotta model by Jan Pieter van Baurscheit beautiful 19th century castings, bronze with shaded brown patina H. from 81 to 86 cm L. 23,5 cm D. overall. 23 cm - Spring : sheaf of flowers - Winter : flaming torch - Summer : simply draped - Autumn : grapes and vine References: - Sale Sotheby's, Monaco, November 26, 1979 : - Suite of four sculptures exactly exactly to the model but in terra cotta was sold at Drouot and published in the Gazette n° 9 of March 12, 2018 (Two are photographed), sold for 41 250 €. - Suite of the Four Seasons by Jan Pieter van Baurscheit the Elder, circa 1700, terra cotta, H. 83 to 88 cm, Galerie Lowet de Wotrenge in Antwerp, sale in 2019 TEFAF (European Fine Art Foundation) in Maastricht (Fig. 2) - Antwerp Museum, Jan Pieter Baurscheit the Elder (1695-1728), Drawing for four statues of putto, Antwerp, Plantin Moretus Museum (Fig. 1) - Artcurial, sale June 10, 2021, lot n° 315, attributed to Jan Pieter III van Baurscheit the Younger. Allegories of the Four Seasons, suite of four figures in terra cotta. H: 33 cm for three and 32 cm for the smallest. The sculpture workshop (based in Antwerp) of Jan Pieter I Van Baurscheit (known as the Elder) in the first half of the 18th century was one of the most important of the century is one of the most important in the Netherlands. Jan-Pieter II the Younger (1699-1768) collaborated with him and succeeded his father at his death. If we owe to his father the model of allegorical or mythological statues in the guise of children, Jan Pieter van Baurscheit the Younger contributed to the development of the production of allegorical (representing the Seasons, the Senses, or the Elements) or mythological putti, alone or in groups of two or four, and declined in marble or terracotta, small or large size.