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January, with the Sign of Aquarius
Josephus Augustinus Brentano had the picture gallery in his house on Amsterdam’s Herengracht painted in a classicizing style. Depicted on the ceiling were heroic scenes from the life of Hercules, framed by grotesques and arabesques, ornaments in the form of imaginary plants, and animals derived from Roman antiquity. Adorning the walls were twelve pilasters decorated in the same style and represent…
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Subject
- http://iconclass.org/23N11(+3)
- http://iconclass.org/48A9872
Type of item
- painting
- Art of painting
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Subject
- http://iconclass.org/23N11(+3)
- http://iconclass.org/48A9872
Type of item
- painting
- Art of painting
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Rights
- Public Domain
- Publiek Domein
Creation date
- 1791
- 1791
Place-Time
- fourth quarter 18th century
Provenance
- Commissioned by Josephus Augustinus Brentano (1753-1821), for his house Herengracht 544, Amsterdam; from the dealer Nijstad, Lochem, fl. 4,800, with XX other objects from Herengracht 544 (SK-A-4140/41 and SK-A-4143/50), to the museum, 1967.
Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.10118
- SK-A-4142
Extent
- height 334.5 cm
- width 34.5 cm
Format
- panel
- oil paint (paint)
Language
- nl
Is part of
- collection: paintings
- collectie: schilderijen
Year
- 1791
Providing country
- Netherlands
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2014-05-27T20:15:54.717Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2018-03-17T14:38:01.247Z