Lot Essay
Lowenthal, loc.cit., dates the present lot circa 1625-1628
See colour illustration
See colour illustration
Details
Pieter Wtewael (1596-1660)
Mercury and Argus
oil on canvas, unframed
77.5 x 95.3 cm
Mercury and Argus
oil on canvas, unframed
77.5 x 95.3 cm
Provenance
(Possibly) Corn. van Essen; Sale, Amsterdam, 21 February 1736, lot 6, as Joachim Uytewaal
Anon. Sale, A.B. Antik Kompaniet Stockholm, 1917-1918, lot 2, as R. Savery and A. Bloemaert
Anon. Sale, Sotheby's London, 12 April 1978, lot 44, as Abraham Bloemaert (sold #3500)
Anon. Sale, A.B. Antik Kompaniet Stockholm, 1917-1918, lot 2, as R. Savery and A. Bloemaert
Anon. Sale, Sotheby's London, 12 April 1978, lot 44, as Abraham Bloemaert (sold #3500)
Literature
C.A. Wansink, A 'Mercury, Argus and Io' from Utrecht, Mercury, 1986, no. 4, pp. 3-6, ill.no. 1
A.W. Lowenthal, Joachim Wtewael and Dutch Mannerism, 1986, p. 178, no. D-11, plate 172
A.W. Lowenthal, Joachim Wtewael and Dutch Mannerism, 1986, p. 178, no. D-11, plate 172