Banquet of the Gods at the Wedding of Peleus and Thetis

1589

Jacques de Gheyn II, after Crispen van den Broecke

Associated Names
Jacques de Gheyn II

Artist, Dutch, 1565 - 1629

Jan Pitten

Publisher, Dutch, fl. 1588 - 1615

Crispin van den Broeck

Artist After, Netherlandish, 1523 - c. 1591

The image shows a group of people seated around a table. They are depicted in classical attire and various positions, some interacting with the feast and holding different objects. A central figure is playing a lyre. Two cherubs are hovering above the table, and there are detailed peacock and eagle figures in the scene. The background features swirling clouds.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 33.1 x 48.3 cm (13 1/16 x 19 in.) (trimmed within plate mark)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.515

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, no. 336, State i/i

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Hill-Stone Fine Prints & Drawings, New York); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased November 6, 2007; Gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1949

  • Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. 72 Vols. Amsterdam, 1952: VII, no. 336, i/i.

1993

  • The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. (The De Gheyn Family, Jan Piet Filedt Kok, Marjolein Leesburg, authors). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 2000: Part I, no. 147, i; (Crispijn van den Broeck, Ursula Mielke, author). Ouderkerk aan den Ijssel: Sound & Vision Publishers, 2011: Part II, no. 223, i/iii.

Inscriptions

in image, at bottom left: CVBroeck. Inuent. Ao 1589 / IDGheyn. Sculptor / J. Pitten. exc; below image, at bottom: Dum conuiuatum placidé numerosa Deorum / Turba sedet, gaudens nectare et Ambrosia: / Ecce superuenit tanquam Dauus omnia turbans, / Inuidia, Erroris ducta sunul nebula. / Hoc pacto (:beu:) tandem peruertitor Ordo / Mole sua secum tristia quae que trahens.

Wikidata ID

Q76557073

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