The Statue of Jupiter in Olympia & Temple of Diana at Ephesus - Attributed to Louis de Caullery (1580-1621)

Caullery, ca. 1580 – Antwerp, 1621

The Statue of Jupiter in Olympia & Temple of Diana at Ephesus
Two of the Eight Wonders of the Ancient World

Oil on copper
H. 27 cm. W. 34 cm.

PROVENANCE
Private collection, Spain

REFERENCE LITERATURE
Sellink, M. & Leesberg, M. (2001). ‘Philips Galle.’ In: The new Hollstein. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts 1450-1700. Rotterdam: Sound and Vision, Vol. III, p. 178, cat.nrs. 480 and 482;
Veldman, I. M. (1986). Leerrijke reeksen van Maarten van Heemskerck. The Hague: Staatsuitgeverij, pp. 96-97 and pp. 99-101;
Veldman, I. M. (1993/4). ‘Maarten van Heemskerck.’ In: The new Hollstein. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts 1450-1700. Roosendaal: Koninklijke Van Poll, Vol. II, p. 192 (cat.nr. 515), p. 193 (cat.nr. 517)

CATALOGUE NOTE
These fine pictures on copper are based on the print series The Eight Wonders of the World by Philips Galle (1537–1612), published in 1574, after drawings by Maarten van Heemskerck (1498–1574). Several copies in oil following these prints are known by different hands, e.g. Guilliam van Nieulandt II (1584-1635), and of variable dimensions. Several of these are attributed to Louis de Caullery (ca. 1580–1621) and his workshop.