Joos de Momper II, South wall of the Winter Room at Rosenborg castle. 1610-1620

Painting number eighteen on the South wall of the Winter Room at Rosenborg castle according to the survey given in Ertz 1986, fig. 381 ; for an overview of the entire room see RKD images artwork number 251585

Oil on oak; one horizontal joint on the back. 50 x 65 cm. Niet gesigneerd; niet gedateerd. Vervaardigd in Antwerpen in opdracht van Christiaan IV (koning van Denemarken en Noorwegen).

c. 1617-1620 according to Wadum 1992; Rosenborg castle was rebuilt and extended from 1613 until 1615. The decoration of the Winter Room was according to J. Wadum altered during a second rebuilding (1616-1620). According to him the seventy-five panels, that decorate the walls, form part of a huge assignment which was hastely executed in Antwerp augmented by previously painted panels which were still in stock in various workshops. This would explain the dating of 1613 on one of the panels (Wadum 1988, p. 87). According to Ertz 1986 the painting is to be dated c. 1610

Collecties

• private collection Christiaan IV (koning van Denemarken en Noorwegen), Denemarken 1620 - in situ in the Winter room of castle Rosenborg, The second rebuilding of the room was completed in 1620

• De Danske Kongers Kronologiske Samling Rosenborg Slot, Kopenhagen on the south wall, no. 18 1620 - in situ since c. 1620; commissioned for the Winter Room which was completed c. 1620 after two rebuildings which took place between 1613 and 1620

Literatuur

• Sthyr 1929 , p. 8

• Gerson 1942/1983 , p. 453

• Ertz 1986 , p. 312- 320, especially p. 317 and p. 318, fig. 391, 616 , as workshop of Josse the Momper and datable after 1610

Riijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie (RKD, 0000136368)

Bron: Do Smit