Heraclitus (c.550-489 BC): the' Weeping Philosopher'
attributed to Johan Moreelse (b. before 1594 -1634)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1600 - 1638
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
480 x 300 mm
Place of origin
Utrecht
Order this imageCollection
Knole, Kent
NT 129860
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Heraclitus (c.550-489 BC): the' Weeping Philosopher' by Paulus Moreelse (Utrecht 1571 - Utrecht 1638) or attributed to Johan Moreelse (b. before 1594 -1634), signed with monogram. A head-and-shoulders view of an old grey-haired man, his hands clasped as though in prayer over a large globe on the right. A pair with NT 129861. Another, possibly superior version is in Shipley Art Gallery, Sheffield, acquired in 1980 and its pendant is believed to be that at the Mauristhuis, The Hague, although the gloces differ, whilst the same model seems to have been used in a signed painting in Centraal Museum in Utrecht.
Provenance
On loan from the Trustees of the Sackville Estate
Credit line
Knole, The Sackville Collection
Makers and roles
attributed to Johan Moreelse (b. before 1594 -1634), publisher Paulus Moreelse (Utrecht 1571 - Utrecht 1638), publisher
References
Blankert 1967 A. Blankert, Heraclitus en Democritus, Nederlands Kunsthistorisch Jaarboek, XVIII, 1967, p. 31, no. 33, fig. 21 Freemantle 1974 Katherine Freemantle, The identity of Johan Moreelse, painter, The Burlington Magazine, 116, 1974, pp. 619-620 Nicolson 1974 Benedict Nicolson, Additions to Johan Moreelse, The Burlington Magazine, 116, 1974, p. 620-623