The Coronation of Solomon by the Spring of Gihon

c. 1500

Jean Poyet

Associated Names
Jean Poyet

Artist, French, c. 1445 - c. 1503

The image shows a scene with a seated figure being crowned by surrounding figures in a tent-like structure. There is a small body of water with rocky banks in the foreground, and a row of trees leading into the background towards a pastoral landscape with rolling hills and distant trees. The brushstrokes are detailed, emphasizing contours and textures, with a soft and muted color palette of earthy tones dominating the composition.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and black ink with watercolor, heightened with white gouache

  • Credit Line

    Patrons' Permanent Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall: 21.3 x 14.4 cm (8 3/8 x 5 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2006.111.3

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Eugène Rodrigues, Paris (b. 1853). Private collection; (Salamander Fine Arts); purchased 2006 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1967

  • Exhibition of Old Master Drawings. P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. Ltd. London, 1967, no. 1, pl. 1.

2008

  • Medieval to Modern: Recent Acquisitions of Drawings, Prints, and Illustrated Books. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2008, no. 25.

2009

  • Renaissance to Revolution: French Drawings from the National Gallery of Art, 1500-1800. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2009, 18-19, no. 1 (color).

2011

  • Kings, Queens, and Courtiers: Art in Early Renaissance France. Art Institute of Chicago, 2011, no. 51 (color)(entry by Martha Wolff).

Bibliography

1955

  • Hannema, D. Catalogue of the H.E. ten Cate Collection. Rotterdam, 1955: no. 219a, pl. 88 (as French School, c. 1500)

1983

  • Kren, Thomas, ed. Renaissance Painting in Manuscripts: Treasures from the British Library. Exh. cat. J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu; Pierpont Morgan Library, New York; and British Library, London. New York, 1983, under no. 23.

1987

  • Backhouse, Janet. "The Tilliot Hours: Comparisons and Relationships." British Library Journal 13, no. 2, 1987: 225-228.

1993

  • Avril, François, and Nicole Reynaud. Les manuscrits à peintures en France 1440-1520. Paris, 1993: 308.

1996

  • Backhouse, Janet. "Poyet, Jean or Jehan." In The Dictionary of Art. Edited by Jane Turner. 34 vols. New York and London, 1996: 25:405.

2000

  • Wieck, Roger S., William M. Voelkle, and K. Michelle Hearne. The Hours of Henry VIII: A Renaissance Masterpiece by Jean Poyet. New York, 2000: 33, 192, fig. 25.

2004

  • Hofmann, Mara. Jean Poyet: Das Gesamtwerk. Turnhout, 2004: 43-44, 285, pl. 133.

2010

  • Stein, Perrin. "French Drawings, Washington," The Burlington Magazine 102 (January 2010): 66-67.

Inscriptions

upper right in brown ink: f; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: D 29616

Wikidata ID

Q64581094

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