Diana's Nymphs After Fishing
Object type | Painting |
Genre | Classical Mythology |
Date | ca. 1621 |
Dimensions | 51 x 80.5 cm |
Medium | Oil |
Support marks | Brand of Michiel Vriendt |
Collaborators | Frans Snyders |
Collaborator notes | Possibly Frans Snyders |
Our attribution | Produced in Jan Brueghel's Studio |
Other authorities | Ertz 2008-10, #349 Ertz 1979, #375 as Jan and studio |
Location | Munich, Germany |
Collection | Alte Pinakothek |
Accession numbers | inv. #1950 (presently Neuburg an der Donau, Staatsgalerie, inv. #1950) |
Tags | Birds, Deer, Dog, Fish, Snyders, Van Balen, Forest, River, Nude, Classical, Mythological, Flowers, Musical instruments |
On back of panel, there is a brand of "A" for Antwerp and the initials "MV" for Michiel Vriendt.
Copy sold London (Christie's) April 28, 2006, #37 (panel, 54.9 x 81.2). Awful copy sold Berlin March 5, 1907, #71 (panel, 50 x 80). Really terrible variant sold Munich, May 12 1910 #5 (panel, 51.5 x 76.5); further copy of that variant sold Paris (Drouot, June 16, 1995), copper, 45 x 67.