Johannes Vermeer

Illustration number 0000351805
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Illustration number 0000031293
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Object information

Object category: painting
Support/medium: canvas, oil paint
Shape/dimensions: rectangle (landscape format) 97.8 x 104.6 cm

Signature/inscription Information about the signature, dating, inscription or any other mark on the front or back of the art work

remnants of signature and date lower left: JVMeer
VM ineen

Current attribution: Johannes Vermeer
Rejected attribution: Nicolaes Maes
acquired as such in 1876 (cat. 1977)

Date Exact or approximate dating of the described art work; the search parameters adopted for this art work in this database, are found in brackets.: c.1653-1656 (1653 - 1656)

c. 1655-1656 (Wheelock 1997); c. 1653-1654 (Liedtke 2008); c. 1653-1654 (Franits 2015)

Subject

Title Title of the art-work in Dutch: Diana en haar nimfen
Other (former) title Other title(s) or name(s) which the work of art has had, or by which it is also known. This sometimes involves rejected identifications of the subject or sitter.: De rust van Diana
English title: Diana and her Nymphs
Genre: history (genre)
Keywords: mythology, landscape (genre), five human figures, full-length portrait, woman, sitting, standing (position), washing feet, rock, dog, washbowl, thistle, low neckline
Iconclass code Iconclass codes and text contain specific scenes and names. An Iconclass code or notation is a code from the multi-lingual Iconclass system for subject retrieval. For more information about this system, see www.iconclass.nl.: 92C35
non-aggressive, friendly or neutral activities and relationships of Diana
31AA544
washing another person's feet - AA - in the open air
31AA543
washing one's feet - AA - in the open air

Artistically related

Artistically related to other work Such as a preparatory studie, comparable composition, other version, or copy of the artwork in this record.

based on
Jacob van Loo, Diana en haar nimfen, rustend na de jacht
Vermeer adopted the subject, the landscape setting, roughly the composition with the godess Diana in the center and another figure seated beside her, as well as the use of full-length figures. (Liedtke 2008, p. 57)

Provenance

Collection(s)

art dealer Dirksen, The Hague
- 1866 voor 1866; zie Liedtke 2008
private collection Neville Davison Goldsmid, Paris/The Hague
1866 - 1875 voor 1866; zie Liedtke 2008
Private collection
Eliza Garey, weduwe van Neville Davison Goldsmid
1875 - 1876 zie Liedtke 2008
Koninklijk Kabinet van Schilderijen Mauritshuis, The Hague , inv./cat.nr 406
aangekocht in 1876
1876 -

Auction(s)

Exp.: Féral; C.P.: Pillet (Paris) 1876-05-04 - 1876-05-05, lotnr. 68
Name buyer : Victor de Stuers

, als Nicolaes Maes; zie Liedtke 2008

Exhibitions and literature

Exhibitions

Exhibition of Dutch art, 1450-1900 Royal Academy of Arts , London (England) , 1929-01-04 - 1929-03-09 , 313
Weerzien der meesters in het Rijksmuseum [Voorloopige uitgave] Rijksmuseum Amsterdam , Amsterdam (city) , 1945-07-15 - 1945-09-30 , 133
Mostra del Caravaggio = Caravaggio's Exhibition = Exposition du Caravage [Milaan, 1951] Palazzo Reale (Milaan) , Milaan , 1951-04 - 1951-06 , 187
Holländer des 17. Jahrhunderts Kunsthaus Zürich , Zürich (city) , 1953-11-04 - 1953-12-20 , 175
Mostra di pittura olandese del seicento (Milaan) Palazzo Reale (Milaan) , Milaan , 1954 , 175
Mostra di pittura Olandese del seicento [Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome] Palazzo delle Esposizioni , Rome , 1954-01-04 - 1954-02-14 , 175
Dutch painting. The Golden Age (New York) Metropolitan Museum of Art , New York City , 1954 - 1955 , 6
In het licht van Vermeer Koninklijk Kabinet van Schilderijen Mauritshuis , The Hague (city) , 1966
Gods, saints and heroes National Gallery of Art [Washington] , Washington (D.C.) , 1980-11-02 - 1981-01-04 , 54
Johannes Vermeer [Washington, 1995] Koninklijk Kabinet van Schilderijen Mauritshuis , The Hague (city) , 1996-03-01 - 1996-06-02 , 3
Dutch classicism in seventeenth-century painting Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen , Rotterdam (city) , 1999-09-25 - 2000-01-09 , cat. 62
Vermeer and the Delft School Metropolitan Museum of Art , New York City , 2001-03-08 - 2001-05-27 , 64
De jonge Vermeer Koninklijk Kabinet van Schilderijen Mauritshuis , The Hague (city) , 2010-05-12 - 2010-08-22 , 1
The young Vermeer National Gallery of Scotland , Edinburgh , 2010-12-10 - 2011-03-13 , 1

Literature

Hofstede de Groot 1907-1925 , vol. 1, p. 588-589, nr. 3
De Vries 1948 , p. 86, nr. 1, afb. nr. 29
Gowing 1952 , p. 93-97, afb. plaat 8 en 9
Blankert/Ruurs/van de Watering 1977 , p. 138, 139, nr. 2, afb. in kleur op p. 170
Wheelock 1981 (Vermeer) , p. 15, 68-69
Blankert 1987 , p. 171, nr. 2, afb. Plaat 1 op p. 73 , Blankert, Montias, Aillaud 1987
Broos/De Boer 1993 , nr. 37
Broos et al. 1995 , nr. 3
Wheelock 1995A , p. 169, nr. A1, afb. in kleur
Wheelock 1997 , p. 12, afb. 3
Blankert 1999 , p. 312-315, nr. 62, met afb. in kleur op p. 313
Liedtke 2000 , p. 191-194
Liedtke et al. 2001 , nr. 64
Wright 2005 , p. 113, nr. 6
Liedtke 2008 , p. 56-59, 194, nr. 1, afb. in kleur op p. 56
Buijsen/Broersma 2010 , p. 26-29, met afb. in kleur op p. 25
Franits 2015 , p. 22, 24, color ill.
Waiboer et al. 2017 , p. 32, color ill.

Mauritshuis. Illustrated general catalogue, Den Haag 1977, p. 247
A. Blankert, Vermeer of Delft, Oxford 1978, p. 13-17, nr. 2
J.M. Nash, Vermeer, Londen 1991, p. 44, 46-47, 53, 88
C. Pottasch en R. Hoppe, 'Vermeer Gemälde: Restaurierung im Mauritshuis', Restauro 3 (2000), p. 158
P. van der Ploeg, 'Een vroege Vermeer herontdekt', Mauritshuis in focus 14 (2001), p. 18-26, afb. 12-13, 15
C. Pottasch, 'De metamorfose van Vermeers Diana', Origine 5 (2001), p. 48-52, afb. 1, 3-7
P. Noble, J.J. Boon, J. Wadum, 'Dissolution, aggregation and protrusion', ArtMatters (2002), p. 46-54, afb. 16-19, 25
J. van der Weerd, J. Boon, M. Geldof, R.M.A. Heeren, P. Noble, 'Chemical changes in old master paintings: dissolution, metal soap formation and remineralization processes in lead pigmented paint layers of 17th century paintings', Zeitschrift für Kunsttechnologie und Konservierung 16 (2002), Vol 1, p. 43-45, afb. 5a-5i
E. Kolfin, C. Pottasch, R. Hoppe, 'The metamorphosis of Diana: Changing perceptions of the young Vermeer's painting technique', Art Matters (2002), p. 90-103, afb. 1, 6-15
C. Pottasch en R. Hoppe, 'The restauration of an early Vermeer: Diana and her companions transformed: A case study about a painting scarred by time', Zeitschrift für Kunsttechnologie und Konservierung 17 (2003), Vol.1, p. 148-155, afb. 1-7

Visual documentation

Visual documentation

Location image Location of the image in the visual documentation.

BD/Digital Collection (img.nr. 0000351805)
, Original location BD/RKD/0542 - ONS/Religion, Mythology, Allegory, History and Literature 2 (img.nr. 0000131487)
, Original location BD/RKD/0542 - ONS/Religion, Mythology, Allegory, History and Literature 2 (img.nr. 0000031293)
, Original location BD/RKD/0542 - ONS/Religion, Mythology, Allegory, History and Literature 2 (img.nr. 0000031294)
, Original location BD/RKD/0542 - ONS/Religion, Mythology, Allegory, History and Literature 2 (img.nr. 0000031290)
, Original location BD/RKD/0542 - ONS/Religion, Mythology, Allegory, History and Literature 2 (img.nr. 0000031292)

Project: Dutch Public Collections Project
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Technical documentation

The RKD manages a collection of technical documentation that has been given to us by external researchers and museums or which stems from the RKD's own research with infrared reflectography. Documentation can be accessed by appointment at the RKD. While not all technical documentation has been entered in the database at present, new data is added on a regular basis.

20 hits in RKD technical, relating to:

Technical examination type

sample

cross-section MH406/1 - 406/88 1 hits
not specified
een overzicht van de monsters bevindt zich in het restauratieatelier van het Mauritshuis
cross-section Hg14 - Hg18 1 hits
not specified
monsters niet aanwezig in het Mauritshuis

Research and restoration projects

conservation, 1896 1 hitsinvolved_persons: Willem Anthonij Hopman
conservation, 1952 1 hitsinvolved_persons: J.C. Traas
restoration frame, 1995 2 hitsinvolved_persons: Renée Velsink; Nicola Costaras-Newman
conservation, 1998 — 2002 9 hitsinvolved_persons: Ruth Hoppe; Carol Pottasch; Jørgen Wadum; Caroline van der Elst; Elmer Kolfin
scientific research Counting Vermeer: Using Weave Maps to Study Vermeer's Canvases, 2012 — 2017 1 hits
involved_persons: Richard C. Johnson Jr.; William A. Sethares; Walter Liedtke; Arthur Wheelock; Michiel Franken; Petria Noble; Sytske Weidema; Ige Verslype; Rob Erdmann

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