Cornelis Cornelisz. van Haarlem
The Marriage of Peleus and Thetis
c. 1592/93246 x 419 cm
Oil on canvas
Mauritshuis, The Hague
on long-term loan to the Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem
Literature
Catalogues raisonnés
Pieter J.J. van Thiel, Cornelis Cornelisz van Haarlem, 1562 - 1638, Doornspijk, 1999, nr. 159
Collection catalogues
Compiled by Quentin Buvelot, Royal Picture Gallery Mauritshuis, The Hague; Zwolle, 2004, pp. 98-99
Neeltje Köhler (ed.), Painting in Haarlem 1500 - 1850, Gent, 2006, nr. 93
Literature
Anna Tummers, The eye of the connoisseur, Amsterdam, 2011, fig. 66
Lyckle de Vries, Stories in gilded frames, Amsterdam, 2016, fig. 4
Provenance
Commissioned by the Haarlem magistrates for the Prinsenhof, Haarlem, 1593
acquired in exchange with four other paintings for the Haarlem town hall and placed in the Nationale Konst-Gallery, The Hague, 1804
Royal Picture Gallery, housed in the Prince William V Gallery, The Hague, until 1821
transferred to the Mauritshuis, 1822 (from 1821-1875 folded up and stored in the attic)
on long-term loan to the Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem, since 1913 (this loan proceeded via the Netherlands Institute for Cultural Heritage, until 2013)
Other works by Cornelis van Haarlem
Two Followers of Cadmus devoured by a Dragon
1588
1588
The Massacre of the Innocents
1591
1591
Titanomachia
ca. 1588
ca. 1588
Juda and Tamar
1596
1596
A Monk and a Beguine
1591
1591