4x5 transparency scanned on Hasselblad Flextight X1 by Ed Pollard-2018.

Mars Bound by Amoretti

Artist Jan van Bijlert (Dutch, 1597 - 1671)

CultureDutch

DateAfter 1630

MediumOil on canvas

DimensionsOverall: 50 1/4 x 55 7/8 in. (127.6 x 141.9 cm)
Overall, Frame: 61 1/4 x 66 1/4 in. (155.6 x 168.3 cm)

InscribedSigned lower right on the drum: "J. bijlert, fec."

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.457

Not on view

DescriptionThis is an oil on canvas painting depicting Mars, the Roman war god, being tied to a battle drum by Venus' offspring. Mars looks back at one Amoretto (little cupid), standing guard over him with an arrow, while the other ties his hands with rope.

Label TextJan van Bijlert Dutch, 1597–1671 Mars Bound by Amoretti, after 1630 Oil on canvas Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 71.457 ProvenanceThomas Agnew and Son, London, 1954; Central Picture Galleries, New York City; Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.; Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., 1971. Exhibition HistoryThomas Agnew & Son, London, Summer 1954. "Dutch, Flemish, & German Paintings in the Collection of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.," 1957-1958: The Birmingham Museum of Art, Alabama; George Washington Univeristy, Washington, D.C.; Atlanta Art Association and High Museum, Atlanta, Georgia; The Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts, Columbus, Ohio; The Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, Texas; The Columbus Museum of Arts and Crafts, Columbus, Georgia; The Issac Delgado Museum of Art, New Orleans, Louisiana; The Norton Gallery of Art, West Palm Beach, Florida; The Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, South Carolina; The George T. Hunter Gallery, Chattanooga, Tennessee. (Exhib. cat. p. 12). "Dutch and Flemish Paintings in the Light of Caravaggio: Selections from Southeastern Museums," Muscarelle Museum of Art at The College of William & Mary, February 10 - May 13, 2018. Published ReferencesG.J. Hoogewerff, "Jan van Bijlert, Schilder van Utrecht (1598-1671)," _Oud Holland_, 80 (1965), p. 26, no. 31. A.P. de Mirimonde. "La musique dans les allegories de l'amour," _Gazette Beaux-Arts_ Vol. 68. 11/1966: pp. 280-81, illus. p. 282, 290, note 37. Chrysler Museum. "Mars Bound by Amoretti," _Chrysler Museum Newsletter_. Vol. 5, no. 8. 08/1976. Benedict Nicolson. _The Ineternational Caravaggesque Movement_. Oxford. 1980: p. 27. Chrysler Museum. _The Chrysler Museum: Selections from the Permanent Collection_. Norfolk, VA: Chrysler Museum of Art. 1982: p. 42. Jefferson C. Harrison. "The Seventeenth Century in the North," _The Chrysler Museum Gallery Guide_. Norfolk, VA: Chrysler Museum. 1983. No. 3. Peter C. Sutton. _A Guide to Dutch Art in America_. Washington D.C.: The Netherlands-American Amity Trust, Inc. 1986: p. 207, fig. 300. Peter C. Sutton, "A Pair by Van Bijlert," _Hoogsteder-Naumann Mercury_, 8 (1989), pp. 4-16. Jefferson C. Harrison, _The Chrysler Museum Handbook of the European and American Collections: Selected Paintings, Sculptures, and Drawings_. The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA, 1991, p. 35, #27. Paul Huys Janssen, _Jan van Bijlert: Catalogue Raisonné_, (Amsterdam: John Benjamin Publishing, 1998), 115-116, 248-249. Sotheby's _Property of a Private Collector Sold Without Reserve_ (New York: Sotheby's, Jan. 24, 2002) Vol. 1, Lot 1-48, 26, fig. 1.