Paris and Oenone

Paris and Oenone

SK-C-1577

In een landschap aan de voet van een boom buigt de herder Paris zich over de herderin Oenone. Links een putto als herdertje bij de schapen, rechts een putto met een fakkel.

signature and date: ‘J. d. Wit 1737’

painter: Jacob de Wit

1737

oil on canvas

• height 99.5 cm x width 146.5 cm
• depth 6.5 cm

On loan from a private collector

Public domain

…; collection Jonkheer Henry Adrien Teixeira de Mattos (1905-97), Amesbury;{Note RMA.} by whom placed in the custody of the museum, 1928;{Note RMA.} his brother, Jonkheer François Eduard Teixeira de Mattos (1898-1958), The Hague (remained in custody of the museum);{Note RMA.} …; collection of a private collector, 1961;{Note RMA.} from whom on loan to the museum, since 1963

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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