Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00006178Without Ceres and Bacchus, Venus Would Freeze
Inscriptions
Inscribed verso, center, in graphite: “5411 / frb”; lower center, in graphite: “Donato Parigi / Sienna 1680”; lower right, in graphite: “Uytewal”
Provenance
Dr. Curt Glaser (1879–1943), Berlin; sold, Max Perl, Berlin, May 18, 1933, lot 669, (as Wtewael,) to Richard Holtkott (1866–1950), Bedburg, Germany [his stamp (Lugt 4266), verso, lower left in purple ink]; by descent to his grandson, Kerry County, Ireland; sold to David Lachenmann, Zurich, around 1992 [email correspondence with David Lachenmann]; sold through Artemis Fine Art S.A., Vaduz, to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2020.
Publications
Jaap Bolten, Abraham Bloemaert, c. 1565–1651: The Drawings, 2 vols. (Leiden: J. Bolten, 2007), no. 575, I: 202; II: 262 (ill.).
Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Abraham Bloemaert / Dutch, 1566-1651
- Date
- 1590–95
- Medium
- Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, over traces of charcoal, heightened with opaque white watercolor (partially discolored), on buff laid paper
- Dimensions
- 14.7 × 19.5 cm (5 13/16 × 7 11/16 in.)
- Type
- Drawing
- Classification
- prints and drawing
- Place
- Netherlands
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Credit line
- Regenstein Endowment Fund
- Accession no.
- 2020.256
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