# Buste van Josephus Albertus Alberdingk Thijm (1820-1889), katholiek letterkundige en handelsman

- By: Hein J. Maessen (Roermond (Limburg), 1871–1959)
- Date: c. 1900
- Medium: marble (rock)
- Classification: bust
- Dimensions: height 71 cm x width 54 cm x depth 29 cm x weight 111 kg
- Credit line: Gift of P.J.H. Cuypers
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/BK-B-93-1--21ec82e675a5038f9cf8a90c1de933d4)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/BFcns/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
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J.A. Alberdingk Thijm (1820 - 1889). Marble, H.J. Maessen, c. 1900. Amsterdam man of letters and businessman Alberdingk Thijm was a central figure in the emancipation of the Catholics in the Netherlands. He argued for a reappraisal of Dutch history: from a Catholic perspective. He was particularly interested in the Middle Ages. Together with his brother-in-law P.J.H. Cuypers (architect of the Rijksmuseum) Alberdingk Thijm campaigned for a revival of medieval architecture. This bust was presented to the Rijksmuseum by Cuypers in 1909. Hein Maessen (1871 - 1959), who made the sculpture, worked at Cuypers's studio in Roermond.