File:Bellona, by Rembrandt van Rijn.jpg

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Summary

Rembrandt: Bellona  wikidata:Q19911626 reasonator:Q19911626
Artist
Rembrandt  (1606–1669)  wikidata:Q5598 s:en:Author:Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn q:en:Rembrandt
 
Rembrandt
Alternative names
Rembrandt van Rijn, Birth name: Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn
Description Dutch painter, printmaker and drawer
Date of birth/death 15 July 1606 Edit this at Wikidata 4 October 1669 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Leiden Amsterdam
Work period between circa 1625 and circa 1669
date QS:P,+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1625-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1669-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Work location
Leiden (1620-1624), Amsterdam (1624-1625), Leiden (1625-1633), Amsterdam (1631-1669)
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q5598
image of artwork listed in title parameter on this page
Title
Bellona
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre tronietmi0mt0i4gtmo0rko0vk'okr'roo Edit this at Wikidata
Depicted people Bellona Edit this at Wikidata
Date 1633
date QS:P571,+1633-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 127 cm (50 in); width: 97.5 cm (38.3 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,127U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,97.5U174728
institution QS:P195,Q160236
Current location
Gallery 637
Accession number
32.100.23
Place of creation Leiden or Amsterdam
Object history by 1797
date QS:P,+1797-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1797-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
: George Nugent-Temple-Grenville, 1st Marquess of Buckingham (1753-1813), Stowe, Buckinghamshire

1813: inherited by Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Chandos (1776-1839), Stowe, Buckinghamshire
1839: inherited by Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos (1797-1861), Stowe, Buckinghamshire
15 September 1848: purchased by Roe at the sale of the collection of The 2nd Duke of Buckingham at Christie's, Stowe, lot no. 424, for £53.11 (as "the wife of the painter as Minerva," by Rembrandt)

from 1848
date QS:P,+1848-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+1848-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
: R. Roe, Cambridge
by 1872
date QS:P,+1872-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1872-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
: William W. Pearce, London

23 April 1872: sale of the collection of William W. Pearce, London, at an unknown auction house, London, lot no. 106 (as A Portrait of a Lady as Minerva)
Comte de l'Espine, City of Brussels

by 1885
date QS:P,+1885-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1885-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
: Étienne-Edmond Martin, Baron de Beurnonville (1825-1906), Paris

3 June 1884: purchased by Féral at the sale of the collection of Étienne Martin, Baron de Beurnonville, Paris, at an unknown auction house, Paris, lot no. 294,, for FRF 20,000 (as La femme de Rembrandt en Pallas)

from 30 January 1885 until 31 January 1885
date QS:P,+1885-01-00T00:00:00Z/10,P580,+1885-01-30T00:00:00Z/11,P582,+1885-01-31T00:00:00Z/11
: purchased by Féral at the sale of the collection of Féral at Hôtel Drouot, Paris, lot no. 70, for FRF 12,000

Charles Sedelmeyer, Paris

by 1909
date QS:P,+1909-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1909-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
: Sir George Donaldson, London
by 1916
date QS:P,+1916-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1916-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
: Duveen Brothers, London/Paris/New York City
by 1924
date QS:P,+1924-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1924-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
: MichaelFriedsam (1858-1931), New York
1931: bequeathed to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, by Michael Friedsam, New York
Exhibition history

The Michael Friedsam Collection, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, 15 November 1932–9 April 1933, no catalogue.
The Classical Contribution to Western Civilization, Art Gallery of Toronto, Toronto, 15 December 1948–31 January 1949, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, 21 April 1949–5 September 1949, not in catalogue.
The Artist and His Family, Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, 3 March 1950–30 April 1950, no catalog known.
Thirty-Eight Great Paintings from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, 2 October 1951–28 October 1951, Art Gallery of Toronto, Toronto, 14 November 1951–12 December 1951, City Art Museum of St. Louis, St. Louis, 6 January 1952–4 February 1952, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, 1 March 1952–30 June 1952, no catalogue.
Take Care, Brooklyn Museum, New York City, 1 January 1954–28 February 1954, Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, 10 March 1954–25 April 1954, no catalogue.
Old Masters, Newark Museum, Newark, 15 November 1955–15 January 1955, no catalog known.
The Young Rembrandt and His Times. A Loan Exhibition of Dutch Painting of the First Four Decades of the Seventeenth Century, [...], John Herron Art Museum, Indianapolis, 14 February 1958–23 March 1958, Fine Arts Gallery, San Diego, 11 April 1958–18 May 1958, cat. no.  7.
Rembrandt and his pupils, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, 9 January 1969–23 February 1969, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, 14 March 1969–27 April 1969, cat. no.  6.
Dutch Masters from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, University Art Museum, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, 25 November 1969–4 January 1970, Rice University, Houston, 18 January 1970–1 March 1970, checklist no. 12.
Treasures from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Memories and Revivals of the Classical Spirit, National Pinakothiki, Alexander Soutzos Museum, Athens, 15 August 1979–15 November 1979, cat. no.  46, as Saskia as Bellona.
Rembrandt/Not Rembrandt in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 10 October 1995–7 January 1996, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, Cat.no. 7.
Rembrandt's Women, National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, 8 June 2001–2 September 2001, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 22 September 2001–16 December 2001, cat. no.  26.
Рембрандт. Его предшественники и последователи, State Pushkin Museum, Moscow, 12 September 2006–12 November 2006, cat. no.  34.
The Age of Rembrandt, Dutch paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, 18 September 2007–6 January 2008, no catalogue.

Rembrandt, Pintor de historias, 15 October 2008–6 January 2009, Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, Cat.no. 14.
Inscriptions

Signature and date bottom left:

Rembrandt f: / 1633·

bottom right:

BE[LL]OON[A]

On the lower rim of the shield
References

Metropolitan Museum of Art: entry 437389

RKDimages, Art-work number 46867
Source/Photographer www.metmuseum.org : Home : Info : Pic
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