Venus and Adonis, Ferdinand Bol, c. 1658

Identification

Title(s)

Venus and Adonis

Object type

painting

Object number

SK-A-4823

Inscriptions / marks

signature: ‘FBol’

Description

Venus en Adonis. De halfnaakte Venus en Cupido proberen Adonis te beletten op jacht te gaan. Rechtsonder twee witte duiven. De pijlenkoker van Adonis hangt aan de boom. Adonis heeft twee jachthonden bij zich.

Creation

Artist

painter: Ferdinand Bol

Dating

c. 1658

Material and Technique

Physical features

oil on canvas

Material

Measurements

height 168 cm × width 230 cm
depth 6 cm

Subject

What

Venus trying to prevent Adonis from going hunting

When

1660 - 1680

Acquisition and rights

Credit line

Purchased with the support of the Rijksmuseum-Stichting

Acquisition

purchase 1983

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

…; private collection England, 1907;{Note RKD.} …; sale, Cornelis Hoogendijk, Amsterdam (F. Muller) 8 April 1908, no. 18;…; the dealer Teunis Wollesen, Bad Oeynhausen, 1970;{Note RKD.}…; collection Freiherr von Lucius, Frankfurt am Main, 1972;{Note RKD.}…; from the dealer K & V Waterman to the museum, 1983

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Notes

Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.

Documentation

Art and allegiance in the Dutch Golden Age : the ambitions of a wealthy widow in a painted chamber by Ferdinand Bol, Margriet Henritha van Eikema Hommes, p. 74 (afb.); p. 79, afb. 77
All the paintings of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam : a completely illustrated catalogue : first supplement: 1976-91, p. 44
The impact of a genius : Rembrandt, his pupils and followers in the seventeenth century : paintings from museums and private collections, Albert Blankert, cat.nr. 9
Ferdinand Bol (1616-1680) : Rembrandt's pupil, Albert Blankert, Ina Rike
Keuze uit de aanwinsten, p. 28, afb. 1

Persistent URL

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