Jupiter with a woman holding the flame of his thunderbolt in her hand, Pallas standing on the other side (3 full-length almost half life-size figures)

Jupiter and Semele

Possible match with work last traced to a Swedish private collection in the 20th century

Van der Doort c.1639

Walpole Society reference (1960):

WS 52, № 60

Measurements (Van der Doort):

4ft 2in x 2ft 9in (127 x 83.8cm)

Medium:

panel

Light:

light from the [-]

Frame:

without frame

Provenance:

Mantua piece

Gift / Exchange / Bought / Inherited:

bought

Notes:

companion piece

Hang notes:

on the other side of the said window

Location:

Room description extended:

Towards the Orchard

Original Manuscript page number:

MS. Ash. 1514, f. 70 and V&A MS, f. 18, no 5 (WS 205)

Charles II inventory c1666:

Whitehall, no 628, 127 x 81

Interpreting the text:

The text in brackets comes from the V&A Manuscript

Identification certainty:

Possible

Sale Inventory c.1649-51