File:Selene en Endymion Rijksmuseum SK-A-4210.jpeg
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[edit]Gerard de Lairesse: Selene and Endymion
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Selene and Endymion  |
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| Object type |
painting |
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| Genre |
mythological painting |
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| Description |
Selene and Endymion. Cupido holding a burning torch shows Selene (or Diana) the sleeping Endymion. Behind her the moon shines through the clouds. Mantlepiece commissioned between 1678 and 1682 for the bedchamber of Mary Stuart, later queen of England, at the hunting lodge of her husband, William III of Orange, the present Soestdijk Palace. For the two other surviving paintings by de Lairesse from this bedchamber, see File:Gerard de Lairesse 001.jpg and File:Gérard de Lairesse - Mercurius gelast Calypso om Odysseus te laten vertrekken.jpg. |
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| Date | Circa 1680 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | oil on canvas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | height: 177 cm (69.6 in); width: 118.5 cm (46.6 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current location |
room 2.22 |
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| Accession number |
SK-A-4210 |
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| Place of creation | Amsterdam | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Object history |
circa 1680: commissioned by Willem III van Oranje for Soestdijk Palace, Baarn 1795: nationalized 1808: transferred to the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Amsterdam |
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| Exhibition history |
Le siècle de Louis XIV du pays de Liège (1580-1723), September 1975–November 1975, Musée de l'Art Wallon, Liège, Cat.no. 360. God en de goden, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 18 May 1981–19 July 1981, ISBN 9789012033732, Cat.no. 68. Melchior d'Hondecoeter: gevogelte/Melchior d'Hondecoeter: fowl, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 18 December 2008–16 March 2009. |
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| References |
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam online catalogue, as Selene and Endymion, circa 1680, height: 177 cm (69.6 in); width: 118.5 cm (46.6 in). RKDimages, Art-work number 1458, as Selene en Endymion, 1678-1682, height: 177 cm (69.6 in); width: 118.5 cm (46.6 in) Web Gallery of Art, as Diana and Endymion, circa 1680, height: 177 cm (69.6 in); width: 119 cm (46.8 in). |
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| Source/Photographer | www.rijksmuseum.nl : Home : Info | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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