Man with a Mixing Bowl

1736

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 512

This man with a mixing bowl may have been an assistant in one of the Flemish studios where Joseph Willems was employed. Modeled from life, the large-scale terracotta renders its subject in vivid detail. It is a key piece of evidence for Willems before his work for Chelsea (he evidently brought it with him from Brussels; his work apart from Chelsea models is virtually unknown.)

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Title: Man with a Mixing Bowl
Artist: Joseph Willems (Flemish, 1716–1766)
Date: 1736
Culture: Flemish
Medium: Terracotta
Dimensions: Overall (confirmed): 29 1/4 × 11 1/2 × 9 in., 48.5 lb. (74.3 × 29.2 × 22.9 cm, 21.9995 kg)
Classification: Sculpture
Credit Line: Purchase, Gift of Wildenstein and Co., Inc., by exchange; Josephine Bay Paul and C. Michael Paul Foundation Inc. and Charles Ulrick and Josephine Bay Foundation Inc. Gifts, by exchange; and Gift of Mrs. Russell Sage, by exchange, 2013
Object Number: 2013.601
Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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