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Perseus Releases Andromeda (1611). Oil on canvas, 180 x 150 cm (70.8 x 59 in). Louvre, Paris

Summary

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Joachim Wtewael: Perseus and Andromeda  wikidata:Q27557223 reasonator:Q27557223
Artist
Joachim Wtewael  (1566–1638)  wikidata:Q541644
 
Joachim Wtewael
Alternative names
Joachim Uytewael, Joachim Uyttewael, Joachim Wtenwael, Joachim Antonisz. Wtewael, Joachim Wttewael, Joachim Tonisz. Wttewaal
Description Dutch painter and drawer
Date of birth/death 1566 Edit this at Wikidata 1 August 1638 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Utrecht Edit this at Wikidata Utrecht Edit this at Wikidata
Work location
Padua (1586-1590), France (1590-1592), Utrecht (1592-1638)
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q541644
image of artwork listed in title parameter on this page
Title
English: Perseus Releases Andromeda.
Français : Persée secourant Andromède.
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre mythological painting Edit this at Wikidata
Description
Perseus and Andromeda Edit this at Wikidata
Date 1611
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 180 cm (70.8 in); width: 150 cm (59 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,180U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,150U174728
institution QS:P195,Q19675
Current location
Richelieu, 2nd floor, room 13
Accession number
RF 1982-51
Object history
  • by 1669
    date QS:P,+1669-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1669-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
    : Jacob Martens
  • Unknown date: acquired by galerie Matthiessen, London
  • 13 December 1981: anonymous sale at an unknown auction house, palais des congrès, Rouen
  • 1982: given to the Louvre Museum, Paris, by Société des amis du Louvre
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Signature and date:

JOACHIM WTEWAEL FECIT ANNO 1611 (S.D.MI.H.B.G.)
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