Portrait of M.J.B.J. (Joannes) Beuns
Also titled Portret van M.J.B.J. (Joannes) Beuns
Louis Royer (Mechelen, 1793–1868)
1850 - 1852
- Medium
- marble (rock)
- Classification
- bust
- Dimensions
- height 65 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- Gift of C.J.A.M. Merkelbach van Enkhuizen, Amsterdam
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
About this work
The Fleming Joannes Beuns was a merchant in hides in Amsterdam and regent of ‘Brentano’s Steun des Ouderdoms,’ a Catholic old men’s home. This posthumous portrait of him was made by Louis Royer, the leading sculptor in the Netherlands at the time. That Beuns nevertheless makes a lively impression is due to the fact that his head is gently tipped up and turned to the side.
