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Allegorical Scene, possibly the Personification of Poetry with a Poet

Jan Sanders van Hemessenc. 1550

Mauritshuis

Mauritshuis
Den Haag, Netherlands

  • Title: Allegorical Scene, possibly the Personification of Poetry with a Poet
  • Creator: Hemessen, Jan Sanders van
  • Date Created: c. 1550
  • Physical Dimensions: h159 cm x w189 cm
  • Provenance: Alan G. Fenwick, London, 1950 (as by Giorgione); Arcade Gallery, London, 1950; T.A. Heinrich, Toronto, Ontario, 1950-1951; J. Hoogsteder Gallery, The Hague, 1982; purchased with the support of the Rembrandt Association and the Friends of the Mauritshuis Foundation, 1984; on long-term loan to the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (inv. no. SK-C-1657), since 1999
  • Type: painting; oil
  • Medium: panel
Mauritshuis

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