Sacrifice of Iphigenia, Arnold Houbraken, 1690 - 1700

Identification

Title(s)

Sacrifice of Iphigenia

Object type

painting

Object number

SK-A-4942

Inscriptions / marks

signature: ‘A.Houbraken. Fec.’

Description

Het offer van Iphigenia. De hogepriester Kalchas staat op het punt om Ihpigenia te offeren aan Artemis, wier standbeeld op het altaar staat. Iphigenia knielt voor hem met ontbloot bovenlichaam. Koning Agamemnon, links, houdt een hand voor zijn ogen. Links en rechts wenden toeschouwers hun hoofd af.

Creation

Artist

painter: Arnold Houbraken

Dating

1690 - 1700

Material and Technique

Physical features

oil on canvas

Material

Measurements

height 80 cm × width 64 cm
depth 7 cm

Subject

What

the sacrifice of Iphigenia

Acquisition and rights

Acquisition

purchase 1998

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

…; ? collection Herzog Anton Ulrich von Sachsen-Meiningen (1687-1763), Schloss Elisabethenburg, Meiningen, Deutschland, before 1763;{Jansen 1999, p. 98.} Sachsen-Meiningen family, Schloss Elisabethenburg, Meiningen, Deutschland, 1763-c. 1918;{Jansen 1999, p. 98.}…; anonymous sale, Londen (Sotheby’s), 3 Juny 1996, no. 177, as Agamemnon sacrificing his daughter, fl. 16,100;{Copy RKD.} …; from the dealer Hoogsteder & Hoogsteder, The Hague, fl. 287,875, to the museum, 1998

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.

Relations

Documentation

Emoties, p. 127, cat.nr. 46
A farewell to Ronald de Leeuw, Neil MacGregor, p. 54-55 met afb.
Vom Adel der Malerei, Ekkehard Mai, p. 156-157, afb., cat.nr. 26
Het offer van Iphigenia door Arnold Houbraken, Guido M.C. Jansen

Persistent URL

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