The Contest between Apollo and Pan, Jan de Bisschop, after Giulio Romano, 1648 - 1671

Identification

Title(s)

The Contest between Apollo and Pan
De wedstrijd tussen Apollo en Pan

Object type

Object number

RP-T-1989-113

Inscriptions / marks

date: ‘10 Jul. 1667’

Description

Ontwerp voor een prent.

Creation

Artist

draughtsman: Jan de Bisschop
after drawing by: Giulio Romano

Dating

1648 - 1671

Material and Technique

Material

Technique

pen / brush

Measurements

height 222 mm × width 314 mm

Subject

What

contest between Apollo and Pan with the mountain god Tmolus as judge, i.e. judgement of Midas; Midas often represented with ass's ears

Acquisition and rights

Credit line

Purchased with the support of the Vereniging Rembrandt, with additional funding from the Prins Bernhard Fonds, the Rijksmuseum-Stichting and the Ster Holding BV

Acquisition

purchase 1989

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

…; collection Carel Vosmaer (1826-88), Montreux;{Amsterdam 1989, p. 77, no. 32.} his son, Prof. Dr Gualtherus Carel Jacob Vosmaer (1854-1916), Leiden; his son, C.J.J.G. Vosmaer (1907-86), Leiden; his heirs; from whom, fl. 650,000, with 212 other drawings, to the museum, with support from the Vereniging Rembrandt, the Rijksmuseum Stichting and The Ster, 1989

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Notes

Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.

Documentation

Episcopius : Jan de Bisschop (1628-1671) : advocaat en tekenaar, Renske E. Jellema, Michiel Christiaan Plomp, cat.nr. 56
De verzameling van mr. Carel Vosmaer (1826-1888), p. 78, afb., cat.nr. 32
Jan de Bisschop and his icones and paradigmata : classical antiquities and Italian drawings for artisstic instrumentation in seveneenth century Holland, p. 272
'Tentoonstelling in het Rijksmuseum : De verzameling van mr. Carel Vosmaer', Bulletin van het Rijksmuseum 37 (1989), p. 46-47.
Oud Holland 86 (1971), p. 283, fig. 68.

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