Design for a ceiling painting with the Apotheosis of Aeneas, in the corners the Four Seasons

Design for a ceiling painting with the Apotheosis of Aeneas, in the corners the Four Seasons

SK-A-4659

Ontwerp voor een plafondstuk met de apotheose van Aeneas. De held knielt in de wolken tussen de goden. In de hoeken worden de vier jaargetijden verbeeld door allegorische figuren en putti.

painter: Jacob de Wit

c. 1720 - c. 1725

oil on canvas

height 51.5 cm x width 69.5 cm

Purchased with the support of the J.W. Edwin Vom Rath Fonds/Rijksmuseum Fonds and the Stichting tot Bevordering van de Belangen van het Rijksmuseum

purchase 1974

Public domain

…; sale, A.F. Basset, Esq. et al. [not section A.F. Basset], London (Christie’s), 9 January 1920, no. 8, 16.16, to Lenygon [Francis Henry Lenygon (1877-1943), London and New York or the firm Lenygon & Morant, London];{Copy RMA.} …; sale, Albright Leasing Corporation et al. [section 'Mrs Derek Savile, daughter of the late Colonel H.H. Mulliner'], London (Christie’s), 30 November 1973, no. 95, 3000 gns, to Petersen;{Copy RMA.}…; from the dealer Adolphe Stein, Paris, fl. 23,467.65, to the museum, with support from the J.W. Edwin vom Rath fonds and the Commissie voor Fotoverkoop, 1974

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