Jupiter and Mercury Entertained by Philemon and Baucis

Provenance

John Barnard, London (d. 1784) (Lugt 1419); (his sale, Th. Philipe, London, 3 May 1798, no. 66). Marquess of Bute, London. Professor Michael Jaffe, Cambridge (1923 - 1997). Unidentified private collector (Seeman?) not in Lugt. (Christopher Mendez, London); purchased 2015 by NGA.

Jupiter and Mercury Entertained by Philemon and Baucis

Jordaens, Jacob

1640s

Accession Number

2015.92.2

Medium

engraving on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 48.4 × 56 cm (19 1/16 × 22 1/16 in.) | sheet: 48.9 × 56.3 cm (19 1/4 × 22 3/16 in.)

Classification

Print

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund