Galatea and Acis, Adriaen van Nieulandt (I), 1651

Identification

Title(s)

Galatea and Acis

Object type

painting

Object number

SK-A-1582

Inscriptions / marks

signature and date, lower right on a plank: ‘Adriaen van Nieuland ƒ 1651’

Description

Galathea en Acis worden in een triomfwagen getrokken door zeepaarden over het water vervoerd. Om de wagen allerlei zeemeermannen, zeemeerminnen, putti op dolfijnen en andere zeewezens. Door de lucht vliegen putti met bloemen en sieraden.

Creation

Artist

painter: Adriaen van Nieulandt (I) (signed by artist)

Dating

1651

Material and Technique

Physical features

oil on canvas

Material

Measurements

support: height 155.5 cm × width 201 cm
outer size: depth 8 cm (support incl. frame)
overall: weight 27 kg

Subject

What

triumph of Galatea

Acquisition and rights

Credit line

Gift of A. Bredius, The Hague

Acquisition

gift May-1892

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

...; donated to the museum by Dr Abraham Bredius (1855-1946), The Hague, May 1892{RANH, ARS, IS, inv. 172, no. 57 (3 May 1892).}

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Documentation

Artists born between 1570 and 1600, p. 297, 298

Persistent URL

To refer to this object please use the following persistent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.4752

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