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Lambertus Zijlartist • sculptorKralingen 1866-1947 Bussum

biography of Lambertus Zijl

Lambertus Zijl was one of the most important Dutch sculptors of the early 20th century. His name is mainly associated with his so-called 'building sculptures', monumental, most stylized figures and reliefs on buildings, which form a unity with the architecture. Zijl was educated at the Quellinusschool and the Kunstnijverheidsschool in Amsterdam. In 1894 his collaboration with H.P. Berlage and other modern architects, such as De Bazel, Kropholler and Staal. He also collaborated with the sculptor Joseph Mendes da Costa. His most famous monumental works include the figures and reliefs on the Beurs van Berlage (1898-1903) and the building of the Ned. Handels-Maatschappij in Amsterdam (1919-'26). He also worked with the decorative artist Lion Cachet on room paneling and ship interiors. Zijl also made a few funerary monuments and small sculptures in an impressionistic style: portrait heads, animal and child figures.


for salesculptures by Lambertus Zijl


Lambertus Zijl | Mother and child, bronze, 48.0 x 13.0 cm, signed on the base and te dateren ca. 1916

Lambertus Zijl

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Mother and child

Lambertus Zijl | A bison, bronze, 17.5 x 25.0 cm, executed in 1914

Lambertus Zijl

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A bison

Lambertus Zijl | A baby elephant, patinated bronze, 14.5 x 12.5 cm, signed with initials on the base and executed in 1916

Lambertus Zijl

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A baby elephant

Lambertus Zijl | Elephant, bronze, 11.0 x 11.0 cm, signed with initials on the side of the base and dated '18

Lambertus Zijl

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Elephant

Lambertus Zijl | A girl with a ball, bronze, 15.0 x 7.0 cm, dated 7 Oct. 99 [1899]

Lambertus Zijl

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A girl with a ball


previously for salesculptures by Lambertus Zijl


Lambertus Zijl | Woman doing the laundry, bronze, 34.0 x 19.0 cm, signed on the base and dated '20

Lambertus Zijl

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Woman doing the laundry

Lambertus Zijl | Mother and child, bronze, 49.0 cm, signed on the base and executed 1917

Lambertus Zijl

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Mother and child

Lambertus Zijl | A girl with a ball, bronze, 15.0 x 7.0 cm, dated 7 Oct. 99 [1899]

Lambertus Zijl

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A girl with a ball

Lambertus Zijl | The blacksmith, bronze, 25.0 x 10.0 cm, signed with initials on the base and executed ca. 1914

Lambertus Zijl

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The blacksmith

Lambertus Zijl | Meisje met bal, bronze, 28.9 cm, gesigneerd op basis met initialen

Lambertus Zijl

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Meisje met bal

Lambertus Zijl | A baby's head, bronze, 21.0 cm, signed on the back with initials and made in june '93

Lambertus Zijl

statue • sculptuur • previously for sale

A baby's head


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