A Dutch silver Jug by Martinus Logerath
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Una jarra de plata holandesa 1787

Martinus Logerath

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31 cm
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Jacob J. Roosjen SRI

  • Sobre la obra de arte
    Dutch silver jug
    Martinus Logerath, Amsterdam, 1787
    1164 grams, 31 cm high

    This large, elegant jug with beaded borders has a partially fluted body, applied with laurel swags, headed by flower heads. The spreading circular foot with acanthus leaves is placed on a square base. The scroll handle is applied with a sequence of beads in seizes.

    Martinus Logerath, who worked as a silversmith from 1767-1814, specialized in large silverware. He was born in The Hague in 1733 as son of silversmith Johannes Logerath and Johanna Wilhelmina Buys. His brother Johannes Hermanus, also a silversmith, remained active in The Hague, whereas Martinus established his workshop in Amsterdam. From 1786 he had a workshop at Egelantiersgracht. It is known that he also worked for Willem Diemont, a retailer in Amsterdam. In 1814 he seized his activities.
    From his marriage with Sophia Harthoorn, with whom he lived in Laurierstraat in 1767, the year he registered as a master silversmith, his two sons are known. Eduard Martinus, also a silversmith, and Johannes Hermanus, a retailer. Unfortunately, Martinus survived his son, leaving him heirless.

    In the year 1787 Martinus Logerath manufactured a beautiful oval silver tureen, which is also part of the collection Jacob J. Roosjen. Furthermore, this collection comprises a sugar bowl by this same master, made in 1793.

    Associate literature:
    K.A. Citroen, Amsterdamse zilversmeden en hun merken, Amsterdam, 1975, nr. 1104.
    H. Vreeken, Goud en Zilver met Amsterdamse keuren, Amsterdams Historisch Museum, Zwolle, 2003, p. 452.

  • Sobre el artista
    Martinus Logerath nació en La Haya en 1733. Es hijo del platero Johannes Logerath y Johanna Wilhelmina Buys, se formó como platero. A diferencia de su hermano Johannes Hermanus, decidió no quedarse en La Haya, pero optó por Ámsterdam, donde se convirtió en miembro del gremio en 1767. Con su esposa Sophia Harthoorn vivió en Lauriergracht. A partir de 1786 tenía su taller en Egelantiersgracht y también era proveedor de Diemont, un minorista de objetos de plata en Amsterdam. La influencia de maestros franceses como François Thomas Germain es evidente en esta sopera. Hasta 1790, los plateros de Ámsterdam se inspiraron en los diseños franceses. Se sabe que Diemont, sin embargo, importó plata inglesa y, como consecuencia, los maestros de Ámsterdam también se inspiraron en los diseños ingleses.

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