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Jacob Jacobsz de Wet II (Haarlem 1641/2 - Amsterdam 1697)
Bathing Scene by a River 1673-75
Oil on canvas | 152.4 x 111.4 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external) | RCIN 401237
Privy Chamber, Palace of Holyroodhouse
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The Dutch artist Jacob de Wet II was brought from Amsterdam to Edinburgh in 1673 by Sir William Bruce, King’s Surveyor and Master of Works in Scotland. As part of a team of skilled British and foreign craftsmen furnishing the newly rebuilt Palace of Holyroodhouse, de Wet produced a series of decorative history paintings for the state apartments. Still in situ, these include Bathing Scene by a River (RCIN 401237), Galatea and Polyphemus (RCIN 401238), The Apotheosis of Hercules (RCIN 401239) The Infant Hercules strangling Serpents (RCIN 401240) and The Finding of Moses (RCIN 401241).
Landscape with a river in the foreground, on the farther bank of which a naked female reclines, holding above her head a lobed bronze dish; a naked male feeds her with his left hand; a child pours water on a reclining baby on a red cloth.Provenance
Commissioned by Sir William Bruce on behalf of Charles II.
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Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Oil on canvas
Measurements
152.4 x 111.4 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external)
147.2 cm (sight)
Other number(s)
OM add-de WetAlternative title(s)
Cupid and Psyche, previously identified as
Morning at the bath, traditionally entitled
