Updated 21 November 2024
Currently not on display
Currently not on display
Atlanta and Hippomenes
| Date | About the middle of the 17th century |
|---|---|
| Materials and Techniques | wool, silk |
| Size（cm） | 323.5 x 719.5 |
| Credit Line | Donated by The Industrial Bank of Japan, Ltd. (ex-Matsukata Collection) |
| Standard ref. | M2977 |
| Category | Decorative Arts |
| Collection Number | OA.2001-0002 |
Provenance
Purchased in Berlin by Kojiro Matsukata, Kobe, 1921; pledged by Matsukata to save his business, Kawasaki Dockyard Co., Ltd., Kobe and then seized by Industrial Bank of Japan (Nippon Kōgyō Ginkō), Tokyo, 1927; 2nd Matsukata sale, Tokyo, 3–19 April 1929, tapestries, lot 1, repr.; 8th Matsukata sale, Tokyo, 22 May–2 June 1935, part 1, lot 1, repr. (¥22,000); donated to NMWA, 2001.
Exhibition History
- 2003
- Woven Pictures: 17th and 18th Centuries European Tapestries in the National Museum of Western Art Collection, National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 18 March 2003 - 25 May 2003, cat. no. 1
- 2015
- The Golden Legend, The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 16 October 2015 - 11 January 2016, cat. no. 174
Bibliography
- 1990
- The Old Matsukata Collection. Kobe City Museum, ed. Kobe, "Matsukata Korekushon Ten" Jikkoiinkai, 1990, cat. no. T-3.
- 2003
- Annual bulletin of the National Museum of Western Art. No. 36 (Apr. 2001-Mar. 2002), 2003, Takahashi, Akiya. New Acquisitions. p. 18, List of New Acquisitions. p. 39.
- 2015
- The Golden Legend (exh. cat.). The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo; The Miyagi Museum of Art; Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art. [Tokyo], Tokyo Shimbun, 2015, pp. 160-161, 300, cat. no. 174, col. repr.
- 2016
- Minato, Noriko. "Korekuta Matsukata Kojiro to sono syuhin". The Old Matsukata Collection: Reenvisioning the Dream (exh. cat.). Kobe City Museum, 17 September-27 November 2016. Executive Committee of the Old Matsukata Collection, 2016, p. 31, fig. 13.
- 2019
- The Matsukata Collection: Complete Catalogue of the European Art. Kawaguchi, Masako; Jingaoka, Megumi, eds. vol. 2: Sculpture, Drawings, Prints and Decorative Arts and Other Works, Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 2019, cat. no. 2977, col. repr.