Sacrifice of Iphigenia

Sacrifice of Iphigenia

SK-A-4942

Het offer van Iphigenia. De hogepriester Kalchas staat op het punt om Ihpigenia te offeren aan Artemis, wier standbeeld op het altaar staat. Iphigenia knielt voor hem met ontbloot bovenlichaam. Koning Agamemnon, links, houdt een hand voor zijn ogen. Links en rechts wenden toeschouwers hun hoofd af.

signature: ‘A.Houbraken. Fec.’

painter: Arnold Houbraken

1690 - 1700

oil on canvas

• height 80 cm x width 64 cm
• depth 7 cm

purchase 1998

Public domain

…; ? collection Herzog Anton Ulrich von Sachsen-Meiningen (1687-1763), Schloss Elisabethenburg, Meiningen, Deutschland, before 1763;{Jansen 1999, p. 98.} Sachsen-Meiningen family, Schloss Elisabethenburg, Meiningen, Deutschland, 1763-c. 1918;{Jansen 1999, p. 98.}…; anonymous sale, Londen (Sotheby’s), 3 Juny 1996, no. 177, as Agamemnon sacrificing his daughter, fl. 16,100;{Copy RKD.} …; from the dealer Hoogsteder & Hoogsteder, The Hague, fl. 287,875, to the museum, 1998

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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