Currently not on view
Aeneas Aided by the Gods,
ca. 1655
Jacob Jordaens and studio, Flemish, 1593–1678
formerly attributed to school of Jacob Jordaens, Flemish, 1593–1678
formerly attributed to school of Jacob Jordaens, Flemish, 1593–1678
y1971-2
Information
Title
Aeneas Aided by the Gods
Dates
ca. 1655
Maker
Jacob Jordaens and studio
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
143.5 × 138.5 cm (56 1/2 × 54 1/2 in.)
frame: 177.8 × 167.6 × 14.6 cm (70 × 66 × 5 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, with funds given by George L. Craig, Jr., Class of 1921, and Mrs. Craig
Object Number
y1971-2
Culture
Type
Edmond Ruelens, Brussels (until 1883; sale, Brussels, April 17–21, 1883, lot 145); anonymous sale, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, February 26–March 1, 1963, lot 869; Frederick Mont, Inc., New York (1971; sold to Princeton University Art Museum).
formerly attributed to school of Jacob Jordaens, Flemish, 1593–1678
- Max Rooses, Jacob Jordaens: his life and work, (London: J.M. Dent & co.; New York: E.P. Dutton & co., 1908)., p. 261
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"Acquisitions of the Art Museum 1971," Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University, 31 no. 1 (1972): p. 20-32.
, p. 27 - Steven N. Orso, "A mythological subject by Jordaens reinterpreted", Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 35, no. 2 (1976): p. 2-14., fig. 1, p. 3 (illus.); fig. 4, p. 6 (illlus.); fig. 5, p. 7 (illus.); fig. 7, p. 10 (illus.)
- John David Farmer, Rubens and Humanism (Birmingham, AL: Birmingham Museum of Art, 1978)., p. 43-44; no. 23 (illus.)
