Mercury, Herse and Aglauros
Frans Wouters (Lier 1612/14 - Antwerp 1659)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1690
Materials
Oil on canvas in a giltwood frame
Measurements
1258 mm (Height); 1813 mm (Width)
Place of origin
Flanders (Belgium from 1830)
Order this imageCollection
Dudmaston, Shropshire
NT 814147
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Mercury, Herse and Aglauros by Frans Wouters (Lier 1612 - Antwerp 1659), previously catalogued as follower of Sir Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640) and Jacques d'Arthois (1613–1686), circa 1690. Extensive wooded landscape, group of females to left surround Aglauros and point to the flying figure of Mercury in the sky.
Provenance
Dudmaston collection; bought by William Wolryche-Whitmore (1787 - 1858) and Lady Lucy Bridgeman (d. 1840); given by Rachel Katherine Hamilton Russell, Lady Labouchere (1908 – 1996) along with the Dudmaston estate in 1978
Credit line
Dudmaston, The Labouchere Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
Frans Wouters (Lier 1612/14 - Antwerp 1659), artist previously catalogued as follower of Sir Peter Paul Rubens (Siegen 1577 – Antwerp 1640) and Jacques d'Arthois (Brussels 1613 – Brussels 1686), artist previously catalogued as attributed to Flemish School, artist