Core Record |
| Title |
Meleager Presents the Calydonian Boar to Atalanta |
| Collection |
Culture and Sport Glasgow (Museums): Kelvingrove Museum |
| Artist |
Attributed to Wet, Jacob Jacobsz. de, II (Dutch painter, 1640-1697) |
| Date Earliest |
probably about 1673 |
| Date Latest |
possibly about 1691 |
| Signed |
yes |
| Description |
Diana in white with a yellow cloak, stands in the centre with a bow in her hand, surrounded by attendants in eastern costume. In right background a horseman approaches at speed. A seated figure holds the Boar's head. In the foreground are a quiver, shield and hunting dogs. The background is wooded. |
| Current Accession Number |
1785 |
| Inscription |
front ll 'J de Wet' |
| Subject |
mythology (Meleager; Atalanta) |
| Measurements |
118.1 x 141 cm.0 cm (estimate) |
| Material |
oil on canvas |
| Acquisition Details |
Given by Hugh S. Smith 1929. |
| Publications |
Miles, H., Catalogue of Dutch and Flemish Paintings in the Glasgow Art Gallery, Glasgow, 1961, I, p. 152, no. 1785, II, p. 88, as 'more likely' by J. J. de Wet II (than by J. W. de Wet (1610-1672); Sumowski, W., Gemälde der Rembrandt-Schüler, IV, Landau/ Pfalz, 1983, pp. 2727-2728, 2731, n. 48, 2757 (ill.), as by J. J. de Wet II, during his 'scottischen Periode'. |
| Notes |
J. J. de Wet worked in Scotland, on and off, between 1673 and 1691. |
| Rights Owner |
Culture and Sport Glasgow (Museums) |
| Author |
Robert Wenley |
