Portrait of Cato Engelen-Sewing

Person depicted Cato Engelen-Sewing (1868-1961)
Artist Frans Werner (1879-1955)
Medium Bronze cast with marble
Year 1915

From the end of the nineteenth century, the “Dutch Nightingale” Cato Engelen-Sewing was an opera singer known for her Italian coloratura technique. She was married to the opera singer and director Hendrikus Mari Cornelis Johannes Engelen. Although she performed little in later years and mainly taught, her death was marked by a grand farewell, as it had been for many artists before her. The public was able to pay its respects in the rotunda of this theatre, after which the cortège made its way to Zorgvlied.

Bronzen beeld van een zittende vrouw in een lange geplooide jurk op een donkere stenen bank, met één arm over de rugleuning. Het geheel staat op een houten sokkel met de ingesneden tekst C. ENGELEN-SEWING, 25 JARIG JUBILEUM 1890-1915, en de signatuur FRANS WERNER FEC.
© Collectie Stadsschouwburg Amsterdam