Portrait of Johannes Munter
Also titled Portret van Johannes Munter
Bartholomeus Eggers (Amsterdam, 1637–voor)
1673
- Medium
- marble (rock)
- Classification
- sculpture
- Dimensions
- height 88 cm x width 71 cm x depth 35 cm x weight 265 kg (total)
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- On loan from the Koninklijk Oudheidkundig Genootschap
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed
About this work
Bartholomeus Eggers was one of the young sculptors trained by Artus Quellinus in his Amsterdam workshop. Eggers’ portrait of Mayor Johannes Munter is still strongly influenced by his teacher’s style. However, the sculptor introduced a playful motif: Munter plays with the tassels of his collar with his left hand, subtly subverting the formal character of the bust.
