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Vision of St. John on Patmos (Rome)

Vision of St. John on Patmos (Rome)

Object type Painting
Genre Religious
Date 1593
Dimensions 25 x 35 cm
Support Copper
Medium Oil
Signature BRUEGHEL 1593
Our attribution Jan Brueghel the Elder
Other authorities Ertz 2008-10, #306
Ertz 1979, #3
Location Rome, Italy
Collection Galleria Doria Pamphilj
Accession numbers 1942 cat. #273
Tags Traveling, Coast, Forest, Burghers, New Testament, Saint, Boat
Ertz 1979, cat. #3, fig. 91, pp. 93, 96, 101, 189
T. Gerszi in Jahrbuch der Berliner Museen N.F. 24 (1982), 143-187
Bremerhaven 1991
Genoa, Palazzo Ducale, 1996
Ertz 2008-10, p.640, cat. #306
Before 1527 Rome (Possibly) Collection of Cardinal Francesco Maria del Monte
1644 Rome Barberini Collection (as "Un quadretto in Ram con S. Giovanni con l'Apocalipsis, con una marina, di mano di Brugel")
By 1763 Rome Doria Pamphili Collection
E.A. Honig
June 3, 2012

Variant on this theme formerly on the art market, The Hague (Nystad, 1978), also on copper, 25.6 x 35. See Honig database q00004.

The figural elements of this painting derive from a print by Philip Galle after Hans Bol showing fishing for a sperm whale dated 1582. The whale, the nude man in the boat, and the people in the neighboring boat are all reshuffled from this print. Print is part of large series of fishing scenes, Hollstein 568ff. The print is reproduced in Bremerhaven 1991, vol.2, pp.88-89, cat. #11.