Feast of the Gods with Marriage of Peleus and Thetis
Object type | Painting |
Genre | Classical Mythology |
Date | ca. 1609 |
Dimensions | 34.5 x 46.5 cm |
Support | Copper |
Medium | Oil |
Our attribution | Jan Brueghel the Elder |
Other authorities | Ertz 2008-10, #407 Ertz 1979, #170 |
Location | Copenhagen, Denmark |
Collection | Statens Museum for Kunst |
Accession numbers | inv. #SP225 |
Tags | Feasting, Van Balen, Nude, Putti, Food, Fruit, Vegetables |
External resources | Statens Museum for Kunst |
Composition forms the basis for left half of a pretty bad version in Columbia, Museum of Art, inv. #58.37.42; see now Ertz 2008-20, cat. #414. The present work is an early version of this theme and quite conceptually elaborate. It was once attributed to Rottenhammer as were a number of these.