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Diana and Callisto

Diana and Callisto

Object type Painting
Genre Classical Mythology
Date ca. 1608
Dimensions 26.4 x 37.8 cm
Support Copper
Medium Oil
Our attribution Jan Brueghel the Elder
Other authorities Ertz 2008-10, #366
Werche 2004 as Van Balen and Jan Brueghel
Location Austin, TX, United States
Collection Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art
Tags Dog, Van Balen, Forest, Nude, Classical, History, Mythological, Jewels, Shells
External resources Blanton Museum
Werche 2004, cat. #A.78, p. 164
Ertz 2008-10, cat. #366
Before 1956 European Private Collection
Feb 22 1956 Sale, Sotheby's, Lot #134 (as "Rottenheimer")
Munich Julius Böhler, inv. #19
1963 Lugano Martin Schönemann Collection
1965 Brussels Robert Finck Gallery, inv. #34
Mar 29 1974 London Sale, Christie's, Lot #4
Dec 13 1978 London Sale, Sotheby's, London, Lot #208
Nov 1979 Vienna Sale, Dorotheum, Lot #112 (as "Rottenheimer")
Dec 12 1980 London Sale, Christie's, London, Lot #123
1981 New York, NY Noortman and Brodi
1982 Austin, TX University of Texas, Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art
E.A. Honig
March 14, 2014

There is a related drawing by Van Balen in Antwerp, Stedelijk Prentenkabinet #537, dated 1605, although the drawing is larger than this painting and depicts Diana and Actaeon. The composition derives from Rottenhammer.