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JACOB JORDAENS (1593–1678)

The Triumph of Minerva, circa 1655-1660

Medium Red and black chalks, watercolour and opaque watercolour, over charcoal on a sheet composed of three subsidiary sheets on laid paper
Dimensions 38 x 60 cm 15 x 23 5/8 in.
Signed and dated Below on the right, mark of the collection of Sir Joshua Reynolds L(. 2364).

Provenance

Sir Joshua Reynolds (London, 1723–1792);

Acquired in 1959 at the Ryaux Gallery, Paris;

Collection of Prof. and Mrs. R.-A. d’Hulst, Belgium;

By descent to the previous owner, Belgium.

Literature

R.-A. d’Hulst. “Further Drawings by Jacob Jordaens.” Master Drawings 1, no. 3, 1963, pp. 21, 22, pl. 11.
R.-A. d’Hulst, Jordaens Drawings, London: Phaidon, 1974, pp. 409–410, no. A339.
R.-A. d’Hulst, Jacob Jordaens, London: Sotheby Publication, 1982, p. 251, no. 219 (in colour).

Exhibitions / Fairs

Tentoonstelling Jacob Jordaens, Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten Antwerp, 27 July - 15 October 15 1905, no. 113.

Drawings by Jacob Jordaens, Museum Boijmans-Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, 7 October–3 December 1960, cat. no. 119.

Museum Boijmans-Van Beuningen, Antwerp–Rotterdam, 1966–67, cat. no. 119 (repr.)

Jacob Jordaens Drawings and Grafick, Museum Plantin-Moretus, Antwerp, May–October 1978, cat. no. 70.

Een Schilderij Centraal. De slapende Mars van Hendrick ter Brugghen, Centraal Museum, Utrecht, 26 January–16 March 1980.

Jacob Jordaens, Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp, 27 March – 27 June 1993, cat. no. B62, pp. 96-97.

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The Triumph of Minerva, circa 1655-1660 — detail
The Triumph of Minerva, circa 1655-1660 — detail
The Triumph of Minerva, circa 1655-1660 — detail
The Triumph of Minerva, circa 1655-1660 — detail
The Triumph of Minerva, circa 1655-1660 — detail