Philosopher with Mirror, Jusepe de Ribera (copy after), 1600 - 1652

Identification

Title(s)

Philosopher with Mirror

Object type

painting

Object number

SK-A-3883

Description

Een filosoof, waarschijnlijk Socrates, die zijn refelectie in een spiegel beschouwt. Staande, ten halven lijve, zijdelings op de rug gezien.

Creation

Artist

painter: Jusepe de Ribera (copy after)

Dating

1600 - 1652

Material and Technique

Physical features

oil on canvas

Material

Measurements

height 113 cm × width 89 cm
depth 8.4 cm

Subject

What

Acquisition and rights

Credit line

E. Heldring Bequest, Amsterdam

Acquisition

bequest 1954

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

….; purchased by Dr. Ernst Heldring (1871-1954) Amsterdam, 1927;{RMA Archive, Heldring, E., Note 21 February 1986.} from whom on loan to the museum, 1934 - 37 (inv. no. SK-C-1298, as Caravaggio); by whom bequeathed, with SK-A-3884, to the museum, 1954

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.

Documentation

Ribera : la obra completa, Nicola Spinosa, vgl. p. 371, cat.nr. A113
Ribera : l'opera completa, Nicola Spinosa, p. 350, cat.nr. B15
Italian Paintings from the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries in Dutch Public Collections, Bernard Jan Hendrik Aikema, Ewoud Mijnlieff, Mandy Sikkens, Gert Jan van der Sman, Bert Treffers
Lo specchio e il doppio : dallo stagno di Narciso allo schermo televisivo, p. 168, afb. p. 172, cat.nr. 58
Filosofen naar Spaanse voorbeelden door Bernard Vaillant : een oeuvre wordt uitgebreid, Els Verhaak, afb. 9
Aanwinsten : 1 Mei 1954 - 1 Juni 1955
O. Ferrari, 'L'iconografie dei filosifiantichi nella pittura del sec. XVII in Italia', Storia dell'arte (1986) nr. 57, p. 103-182.
Delphine Fitz Darby, 'Ribera and the wise men', The Art Bulletin (1962) nr. 44, p. 279, 300, afb. 15.

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