Juno voedt Hercules

anonymous, c. 1485 - c. 1505

Tapestry (fragment). The Childhood of Hercules: Hercules Suckled by a Nurse. Wool, silk. Tournai or Brussels, c. 1485 - 1500.

  • Artwork typetapestry
  • Object numberBK-17251-B
  • Dimensionsheight 195.5 cm x width 107 cm

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Juno voedt Hercules

  • Series title(s)

    De geschiedenis van Hercules

  • Object type

  • Object number

    BK-17251-B

  • Description

    Wandtapijt, fragment, met de geschiedenis van Hercules: Alcmene en de min.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    • : ‘MINERUE’
    • : ‘IUNO’

Creation

  • Creation

    maker: anonymous, Southern Netherlands

  • Dating

    c. 1485 - c. 1505

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Material and technique

  • Dimensions

    height 195.5 cm x width 107 cm

Acquisition and rights

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    Inv.; …; the dealer Bernheimer, Munich;{Note RMA.} …; sale, Raoul Heilbronner (1847-1941, Paris), Paris (Drouot), 9 (exact day unknown) November 1921 sqq., no. 519, with BK-17251-A and BK-17251-C, frs 29,000, to the dealer M. Stora;{Gazette de l'Hôtel Drouot, d.d. 12 November 1921.} …; collection Dr Fritz Mannheimer (1890-1939), Amsterdam and Paris, before 1933;{Photo album ‘Het huis van Dr F. Mannheimer, Amsterdam’, 1928-32, Rijksmuseum, inv. no. B-F-1963-426-6.} from whom, fl. 6,350,000, en bloc, to Artistic & General Securities Ltd. as security for a loan from the Mendelssohn & Co. Bank, but kept in usufruct, 1934;{NHA, 476, RMA Archive, inv. no. 2142, Recapitulatie der geïnventariseerde kunstvoorwerpen van wijlen Dr F. Mannheimer, undated, p. 61, no. Tap 11, Artistic no. 28/2; NHA, 233, Arrondissementsrechtbank Amsterdam, inv. no. 1365, “O.R. 256/1939, Faillissementsdossier: nalatenschap Dr. F. Mannheimer, 28 augustus 1939”, image 3, page 2.} purchased from Mendelssohn & Co. Bank, en bloc, by the Dienststelle Mühlmann, The Hague, for Adolf Hitler's Führermuseum, Linz, 1940;{Korthals Altes 1974, pp. 21-22.} war recuperation, SNK, 1945;{HNA, SNK Archive, 2.08.42, inv. no. 548.} on loan, with 1,702 other objects, from the DRVK to the museum, 1952;{Note RMA.} transferred to the museum, 1960

  • 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.

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