Jupiter, Disguised as a Shepherd, Seducing Mnemosyne, the Goddess of Memory, Jacob de Wit, 1727

Inv.; …; Commissioned by Jan Baptist de Surmont, Lord van Vlooswijk en Cromwijk (1688-1745), Loenen aan de Vecht and Amsterdam, for his house in Loenen aan de Vecht;{Mandle 1975, p. 17} his widow, Margaretha Catharina Cromhout (1688-1755), Loenen aan de Vecht and Amsterdam; her daughter, Elisabeth Louise de Surmont van Vlooswijk (1725-1779), Amsterdam;{Te Rijdt 1997, p. 62, note 5.};…; the house, Loenen aan de Vecht, was demolished before 1837; ... ; purchased from the dealer John Bell of Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, by the dealer D.A. Hoogendijk, Amsterdam, 1954;{RKD, The Hague, inv. no. 460, Kunsthandel D.A. Hoogendijk Archive, no. OS 1621a-b.} from whom, fl. 7,500, with SK-A-3886, to the museum, 1955

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