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Hercules Fighting the Bull; Hercules Fighting the Hydra

Jan Kamphuijsen, 1790 - 1791

Plafondschildering met Hercules-taferelen: Hercules vechtend met de stier en Hercules vechtend met de Hydra. Maakt deel uit van een groep decoraties afkomstig uit het huis van J.A. Brentano aan de Herengracht. Waarschijnlijk vervaardigd naar ontwerpen van Giambattista Maderna.

  • Artwork typepainting, ornament, ceiling painting
  • Object numberSK-A-4141
  • Dimensionsheight 630 cm x width 735 cm
  • Physical characteristicsoil on canvas

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Identification

  • Title(s)

    • Hercules Fighting the Bull; Hercules Fighting the Hydra
    • Ceiling Painting with scenes from the Life of Hercules (former title)

  • Object type

  • Object number

    SK-A-4141

  • Description

    Plafondschildering met Hercules-taferelen: Hercules vechtend met de stier en Hercules vechtend met de Hydra. Maakt deel uit van een groep decoraties afkomstig uit het huis van J.A. Brentano aan de Herengracht. Waarschijnlijk vervaardigd naar ontwerpen van Giambattista Maderna.

Creation

  • Creation

    • painter: Jan Kamphuijsen
    • designer: Giambattista Maderni

  • Dating

    1790 - 1791

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    oil on canvas

  • Dimensions

    height 630 cm x width 735 cm

This work is about

  • Subject

Acquisition and rights

  • Acquisition

    purchase 1967

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    See the provenance for SK-A-4140.

  • Remarks

    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

    • R.W.A. Bionda, 'Een onbekend portret van de Amsterdamse kunstenaar Jacques Kuyper (1761-1808)', jaarboek Amstelodamum 82 (1990), p. 119-137
    • Barthold Georg Niebuhr, Nachgelassene Schriften B.G. Niebuhr's nichtphilologischen Inhalts, Hamburg 1842, p. 293
    • John Murray, Tour in Holland in the year MDCCCXIX, Londen 1824

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