Cornelis SchutFlemish, 1597–1655Cimone en Ifigenia
Can I see it?
Unknown
Where is “Cimone en Ifigenia” now? Collection: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Unknown.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- Source
- The museum
About the work
Museum text in Dutch
De boerse Cimone kijkt toe hoe Ifigenia en haar gezellinnen liggen te slapen bij de fontein. Ifigenia ontwaakt door zijn blik. (Boccaccio, Decamerone, 5:1).
Rijksmuseum
Details
- Accession number
- RP-P-OB-59.267
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- Rijksmuseum
- Image: Rijksmuseum — public domain
In the life of Cornelis Schut
The whole life1618–1655 · Workplace
Antwerp
1624–1627 · Workplace
Rome
1624–1627
Giustiniani's Patronage and Poussin's Attention
In Rome the banker and collector Vincenzo Giustiniani commissioned two large religious compositions from him (now in the Abbey of Sainte-Trinité in Caen). Schut attracted the attention of the young Poussin, whose early works borrowed motifs from these pieces.
16 September – 2 October 1627
Imprisoned on Suspicion of a Colleague's Murder
He was held in a Roman prison on suspicion of murdering a fellow painter named Giusto; he was released on 2 October thanks to the intervention of the Accademia di San Luca. He then left Rome for Florence.
1628 · Workplace
Florence
29 April 1655
Died
