Philosopher with Mirror

Philosopher with Mirror

SK-A-3883

Een filosoof, waarschijnlijk Socrates, die zijn refelectie in een spiegel beschouwt. Staande, ten halven lijve, zijdelings op de rug gezien.

painter: copy after Jusepe de Ribera

1600 - 1652

oil on canvas

• height 113 cm x width 89 cm
• depth 8.4 cm

E. Heldring Bequest, Amsterdam

bequest 1954

Public domain

….; purchased by Dr. Ernst Heldring (1871-1954) Amsterdam, 1927;{RMA Archive, Heldring, E., Note 21 February 1986.} from whom on loan to the museum, 1934 - 37 (inv. no. SK-C-1298, as Caravaggio); by whom bequeathed, with SK-A-3884, to the museum, 1954

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.

• Delphine Fitz Darby, 'Ribera and the wise men', The Art Bulletin (1962) nr. 44, p. 279, 300, afb. 15.
• O. Ferrari, 'L'iconografie dei filosifiantichi nella pittura del sec. XVII in Italia', Storia dell'arte (1986) nr. 57, p. 103-182.

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