Lot 1095: Spinoza

Joseph Mendes da Costa (Dutch, 1863-1939)
Spinoza
signed with monogram and dated 1909, foundry mark FONDRIE NATLE DES BRONZES J. PETERMANN ST GILLES-BRUXELLES
bronze, inscribed BEATITUDO BARUCH DE SPINOZA
33 cm. high (incl. bronze base)

Christie’s charges a premium to the buyer on the Hammer Price of each lot sold at the following rates: 29.75% of the Hammer Price of each lot up to and including €5,000, plus 23.8% of the Hammer Price between €5,001 and €400,000, plus 14.28% of any amount in excess of €400,000. Buyer’s premium is calculated on the basis of each lot individually.
See for comparison:
T.B. Roorda, Nieuwe beeldhouwkunst in Nederland: Dr. J. Mendes da Costa , after 1928, plate VIII B
A.M. Hammacher, Mendes da Costa, de geestelijke boodschap der beeldhouwkunst , 1941, no. 29 (ill. of another cast)
Exhibition catalogue Leven in een verzameling. Toegepaste kunst 1890-1940 uit de collectie Meentwijck , Singer Museum, Laren, 2000, p. 171, no. 195 (ill. of another cast)
Moderne Kunst , VIII (1910), no. 95 (ill. of another cast)
Wendingen, Maandblad voor Bouwen en sieren van architectura et amicitae , V (1923) no. 5 and 6, p. 6 (ill. of another cast)
A.M. Hammacher, Mendes da Costa. De geestlijke boodschap der beeldhouwkunst , Rotterdam 1941, no. 29 (ill. of another cast)
A.M. Hammacher, Beeldhouwkunst van deze eeuw en een schets van haar ontwikkeling in de negentiende eeuw , Amsterdam 1955, no. 29 (ill. of another cast)
Kunstschrift , XLI (1997), no. 1 (Joseph Mendes da Costa special), p. 26, no. 33 (ill. of another cast), p. 34, no. 48 (ill. of another cast)