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Alpheus and Arethusa
Inscriptions
Monogrammed lower left: MVWB F / 1626
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Moyses van Uyttenbroeck (Dutch, c. 1590-1648)
- Date
- 1626
- Medium
- Oil on panel
- Dimensions
- 45 × 58 cm (17 3/4 × 22 7/8 in.); Framed: 45.1 × 57.8 × 6.4 cm (17 3/4 × 22 3/4 × 2 1/2 in.)
- Type
- Painting
- Classification
- painting
- Style
- 17th Century
- Place
- Netherlands
- Department
- Painting and Sculpture of Europe
- Credit line
- Bequest of Donald and Carol Asher
- Accession no.
- 2023.2778
Provenance
Private collection, France. Sold, Ader Picard Tajan, Paris to Johnny van Haeften, London, Dec. 12, 1988, lot 38 [Van Haeften stock number 1740]; stolen from Van Haeften, 1990 [this and the following according to email correspondence with Johnny van Haeften, Feb. 21, 2023; in curatorial object file]; recovered by the authorities; released to the insurance company; sold to a dealer in the Channel Islands; sold to Johnny van Haeften, London, Nov. 13, 1995 [Van Haeften stock number 2566]; sold to Donald and Carol Asher, Winnetka, IL, July 10, 1996; bequeathed to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2023.
Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
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