Niel Steenbergen - Bronze medal VVPK | 'Carnival' | 1959
- Description
- Niel Steenbergen (1911-1997)
| Type of artwork | Sculpture / Object |
| Year | 1959 |
| Technique | Bronze |
| Dimensions | 6 x 6 x 1 cm (h x w x d) |
| Signed | Unsigned/Print signed |
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Beautiful lively coin by Niel Steenbergen, in very good condition.
The sculptor Niel Steenbergen was a storyteller. He was raised by Bronner in his love for Romanesque and Gothic portal sculpture and he retained that love throughout his working life. He developed a preference for small, mobile, often crazy, imaginative figures in often complicated compositions. In this one recognizes the legacy of his admiration for medieval sculpture. Steenbergen has a large oeuvre to his name; more than a hundred medals, a great deal of church work and free sculptures. The front of the Carnival medal bears the inscription: 'Cum jejunatis nolite fieri sicut hypocritae tristes'. Something like: Don't walk around with a straight face when you are fasting. After all, Carnival is one last expression of joy before the great Lent begins. In the detailed representation one sees an exuberant, grimacing group in a cart and a pig with a bow. The bow appears to consist of the letters P and K. A figure in the middle carries a fish as an indication of Lent. On the back is Prince Carnival, surrounded by the busy and bizarre carnival procession that is moving along the edge of the medal surface. The figuration is pronouncedly modeled, but it is a medal: this refined detailing would not have been possible with sand casting. (source VVPK)
The sculptor Niel Steenbergen was a storyteller. He was raised by Bronner in his love for Romanesque and Gothic portal sculpture and he retained that love throughout his working life. He developed a preference for small, mobile, often crazy, imaginative figures in often complicated compositions. In this one recognizes the legacy of his admiration for medieval sculpture. Steenbergen has a large oeuvre to his name; more than a hundred medals, a great deal of church work and free sculptures. The front of the Carnival medal bears the inscription: 'Cum jejunatis nolite fieri sicut hypocritae tristes'. Something like: Don't walk around with a straight face when you are fasting. After all, Carnival is one last expression of joy before the great Lent begins. In the detailed representation one sees an exuberant, grimacing group in a cart and a pig with a bow. The bow appears to consist of the letters P and K. A figure in the middle carries a fish as an indication of Lent. On the back is Prince Carnival, surrounded by the busy and bizarre carnival procession that is moving along the edge of the medal surface. The figuration is pronouncedly modeled, but it is a medal: this refined detailing would not have been possible with sand casting. (source VVPK)
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| Condition | Very good | ||||||||||
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| Pick up | The work can be picked up on location. As a buyer you must bring your own packaging materials. The location is: Woudrichem, The Netherlands | ||||||||||
| Shipment | Parcel post | ||||||||||
| Price | Up to 10 kg.
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