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Summary
Hendrik Goltzius: Mercury
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Object type |
painting ![]() |
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Genre |
mythological painting ![]() |
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Description |
Part of a series of three paintings, depicting Mercury, Hercules, and Minerva, commissioned by Johan Colterman. |
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Depicted people |
Mercury ![]() |
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Date |
1611 ![]() |
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Medium |
oil on canvas ![]() |
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Dimensions |
height: 214 cm (84.2 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 1721date QS:P,+1721-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1721-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 : François van Bredenhoff (1648-1721), Huis Oostenhuizen, Hoorn
from 1671date QS:P,+1671-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+1671-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 : Huis Oostenhuizen, Hoorn
by 1875date 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 / Ao 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 .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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