Meleager and atalanta jacob jordaens biography
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Atalanta and Meleager
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Title:Atalanta and Meleager
Artist:Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, Siegen – Antwerp)
Date:ca.
Medium:Oil on wood
Dimensions 1/2 x 42 in. ( x cm)
Classification:Paintings
Credit Line:Fletcher Fund,
Object Number
the Dukes of Marlborough, Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire (by –; cat., , p. 24); George Charles Spencer-Churchill, 8th Duke of Marlborough, Blenheim Palace (–86; his sale, Christie's, London, July 24 and 26, , no. 61, for gns., to Cavendish-Bentinck); Hon. George Augustus Frederick Cavendish–Bentinck, London and Brownsea Island (); [Sedelmeyer, Paris, –at least ]; Rodolphe Kann, Paris (by –d. ; his estate, –7; cat., , vol. 1, no. 23; sold to Duveen); [Duveen, Paris and New York, –15; sold for $24, to Kleinberger]; [Kleinberger, New York, –22; sold for $25, to Goldman]; Henry Goldman, New York (–d. ; cat., , no. 11); his widow, Mrs. Henry Goldman, New York
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‘Meleager and Atalanta’ by Jacob Jordaens
A crucial clue came with the discovery of panel marks on the reverse of the painting, which combine the letter A with the coat of arms of the city of Antwerp, Jordaens’ home town, and which experts were able to use to prove that the panel must have been made between and The Prado work was most likely painted during the late s.
Simon Gillespie Studio removed the extensive and garish overpaint, which lay on top of a layer of discoloured varnish, to reveal the artist’s original colours and composition, and beautiful sketchy brushstrokes. The artist’s original paint was funnen to be in good condition. The joins between the fem planks that make up the panel were repaired. Although the panel was reasonably stable, with fluctuating humidity there was a risk that it might flex and change shape, so we built a microclimate chamber within the existing frame in beställning to limit changes in relative humidity around the panel which can cause the wood to s
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Jacob Jordaens (), Study for Meleager and Atalanta.
Swansea Museum.
A painting relegated to a museum storeroom has recently been authenticated as a study by the famed 17th-century Flemish artist Jacob Jordaens for Meleager and Atalanta, a large work about a mythological subject in the Prado &#; and it&#;s worth an estimated £3 million (approximately $4 million). According to the Times of London, the study, owned by the Swansea Museum in Wales for about years and thought to be an 18th-century copy, caught the attention of &#;art historian Bendor Grosvenor, a presenter on BBC1’s Fake or Fortune,&#; who suspected it might be important. He brought in &#;Ben van Beneden, the director of Antwerp’s Rubenshuis museum, who authenticated the work.&#; The discovery will be featured on BBC4&#;s Britain&#;s Lost Masterpieces Wednesday, September 28, at 9PM (then on their website).
According to the Times article:
After the Swansea work was cleaned by restorer Simon Gillespie, it