Mythological Wedding
dated post hoc 1609 | Joseph Heintz d. Ä.
Executed on panel, this virtuoso composition brilliantly illustrates the eclectic approach of the artist, who was familiar not only with the ancient and Renaissance works in Rudolf’s collections. Here, for example, Heintz created the central motifs of the composition by conflating two drawings by Giovanni Francesco Penni, a pupil of Raphael, that he presumably owned. The diverse visual sources help explain the somewhat recondite subject matter; Heintz had first become an avid student of Italian High-Renaissance art during his Italian sojourn (1584–1589).
Executed on panel, this virtuoso composition brilliantly illustrates the eclectic approach of the artist, who was familiar not only with the ancient and Renaissance works in Rudolf’s collections. Here, for example, Heintz created the central motifs of the composition by conflating two drawings by Giovanni Francesco Penni, a pupil of Raphael, that he presumably owned. The diverse visual sources help explain the somewhat recondite subject matter; Heintz had first become an avid student of Italian High-Renaissance art during his Italian sojourn (1584–1589).
Artist:
Joseph Heintz d. Ä. (1564 Basel - 1609 Prag) DNB
Time:
dated post hoc 1609
Object Name
Painting
Culture
German
Material/technology:
Limewood
Dimensions:
Overall: 48,2 cm × 71 cm × 1,2 (1,7) cm
Framed: 63,5 cm × 86 cm × 5 cm
Signed
Inscribed on the back old (but later): Jo. Heintz Fe: Party del In-Vention Vien del anticho. 1609
Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Gemäldegalerie
Invs.
Gemäldegalerie, 1112
Provenance
From the treasury of Rudolf II ; 1748 in the Imperial Treasury
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