Mercurybyhendrickgoltzius.jpeg
Summary
Hendrik Goltzius : Mercury | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Object type | painting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genre | mythological painting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Description |
Part of a series of three paintings, depicting Mercury, Hercules, and Minerva, commissioned by Johan Colterman.
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Depicted people | Mercury | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date | 1611 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medium | oil on canvas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dimensions |
height: 214 cm (84.2 in)
; width: 120 cm (47.2 in)
; thickness: 15 cm (5.9 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,+214U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,+120U174728
dimensions QS:P2610,+15U174728
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q18600731
institution QS:P195,Q221092
institution QS:P195,Q574961
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Place of creation | Haarlem | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Object history |
1613: purchased by Johan Colterman (II) (1591-1649),
Haarlem
(?)
1649: inherited by Herman Colterman,
Hoorn
(?)
by ca. 1671: Mr. Wibo, Hoorn by 1721
date QS:P,+1721-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1721-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
: François van Bredenhoff (1648-1721), Huis Oostenhuizen,
Hoorn
from 1671
date QS:P,+1671-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+1671-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
: Huis Oostenhuizen,
Hoorn
by 1875
date QS:P,+1875-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1875-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
: Léon Gauchez (art dealer),
Paris
1875: acquired by the
Royal Picture Gallery Mauritshuis
,
The Hague
, Inventory number 44
from 1917 until 2013: lent to the Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem, Inventory number OS I-96, by the
Royal Picture Gallery Mauritshuis
,
The Hague
, through the Dutch state, Inventory number B1133
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Inscriptions |
Monogram and date bottom right:
HG / A
o
1611
on the frame:
IN BRUIKLEEN v. h. RIJK.
on the frame:
MERCURIUS.
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References |
Frans Hals Museum online catalogue
, as
Mercury
, 238 × 143 × 15 cm (93.7 × 56.2 × 5.9 in).
dimensions QS:P2048,214U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,120U174728
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RKDimages, Art-work number 671 , as Mercury as personification of painting , height: 214 cm (84.2 in); width: 120 cm (47.2 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,214U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,120U174728
Collectie Nederland
, as
Mercurius
.
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Source/Photographer | rkd.nl : Home : Info | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Licensing
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