Minerva, from the Funerary Monument of Leonard Mathias van der Noot (1676-1753) and Helena Catharina de Jonghe (d. 1745)

Laurent Delvaux, 1746 - 1748

Laurent Delvaux (1696 - 1778). Pallas Athena and two mourning putti. Marble. Nivelles, 1746 - 1748. From the funeral monument to Leonard Matthias van der Noot and Helena Catharina de Jonghe in the former church of the Carmelites in Brussels.

  • Artwork typesculpture
  • Object numberBK-1970-137
  • Dimensionsheight 122 cm x width 118 cm x depth 55 cm x weight 504 kg
  • Physical characteristicswhite Carrara marble

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Minerva, from the Funerary Monument of Leonard Mathias van der Noot (1676-1753) and Helena Catharina de Jonghe (d. 1745)

  • Object type

  • Object number

    BK-1970-137

  • Part of catalogue


Creation

  • Creation

    sculptor: Laurent Delvaux, Nivelles

  • Dating

    1746 - 1748

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    white Carrara marble

  • Dimensions

    height 122 cm x width 118 cm x depth 55 cm x weight 504 kg


Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    Purchased with the support of the Stichting tot Bevordering van de Belangen van het Rijksmuseum

  • Acquisition

    purchase 1970

  • Copyright

  • Provenance

    Commissioned by Leonard Mathias van der Noot, 3rd Baron of Kieseghem (1676-1753), 1764; installed in the Onze-Vrouwekapel in the monastery church of the Calced Carmelites in Brussels, 1748; transferred to the family of the deceased, 1796-97; collection Maximiliaan Louis Count Van der Noot and Marquess of Assche (1764-1847), Brussels; his son Theodore Charles Antoine Count Van der Noot and Marquess of Assche (1818-1889), Hôtel d’Assche, Brussels; Edouard Dimitri Count Van der Noot and Marquess d’Assche (1860-1928), Brussels; as part of the Hôtel d’Assche on lease to the American ambassador, Brussels, first documented in 1914;{G. Willame, _Laurent Delvaux (1696-1778)_, Brussels/Paris 1914, p. 67, no 138. From 1926 the _hôtel_ was in use as American embassy.} transferred to a house of the d’Assche family on Hertogstraat, Brussels, possibly in 1948;{A. Jacobs, _Laurent Delvaux (Gand, 1696-Nivelles, 1778)_, Paris 1999, p. 345; since 1948 the _hôtel_ is used by the Belgian Council of State.} collection Elisabeth Catherine Adrienne Marie Anne Countess Van der Noot d’Assche (1899-1974), Brussels, placed on the Altar of Our Lady in the Saint-Elisabethkerk, Brussels-Haren, date unknown;{J. de Borchgrave d’Altena, _Notes pour servir à l’inventaire des oeuvres d’art du Brabant, Arrondissement de Bruxelles_ (_Annales de la Société Royale d’Archéologie de Bruxelles: Mémoires, rapports et documents_ 47), Brussels 1947, p. 110, p. 87; A. Jacobs, _Laurent Delvaux (Gand, 1696-Nivelles, 1778)_, Paris 1999, p. 348. The burial chapel of the Van der Noot-d’Assche family was situated in this church until c. 1922, see W. Halsema-Kubes, ‘Laurent Delvaux’ grafmonument voor Leonard Mathias van der Noot en Helena Catharina de Jonghe’, _Bulletin van het Rijksmuseum_ 24 (1976), pp. 123-39, esp. p. 137, note 25. Mathias van der Noot was living in the castle at Haren, see T.-A. (Abbé) Mann, _Description de la ville de Bruxelles ou état présent tant ecclésiastique que civil de cette ville_, Brussels 1785, p. 70.} acquired by the Heim Gallery, London, 1970; from which, £13,325 (fl. 115,469) to the museum, as a gift of the Commissie voor Fotoverkoop, 1970


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