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Netherlandish immigrant painters in Naples (1575-1654): Aert Mytens, Louis Finson, Abraham Vinck, Hendrick De Somer and Matthias Stom Osnabrugge, M.G.C.

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ILLUSTRATIONS Introduction 1. 2.

Gerard Ter Borch I, View of Solfatara near Pozzuoli, c.1610, drawing in brown ink on paper (15.7 cm × 19.8 cm), Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum (RP-T-1887-A-751). Gerard Ter Borch I, View of Naples, 1610, signed and dated ‘G.T.B. fecit tot Napeles Anno 1610’, drawing in brown ink on paper (13.7cm × 20.2 cm), Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum (RP-T-1887-A-881).

Chapter One 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

Aert Mytens, Virgin of the Rosary, 1582-1584, oil on panel (298 x 207 cm), Naples, Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte (Q1092). Aert Mytens, Virgin of the Rosary, 1589, oil on panel (400 x 250cm), Benevento, church of San Domenico. Attributed to Aert Mytens, Assumption of the Virgin, c. 1596, material and size unknown, Castelnuovo della Daunia (Apulia), church of Santa Maria la Morgia. Aert Mytens, Mocking of Christ, c.1598-1601, oil on canvas (310 x 228 cm), Stockholm, Nationalmuseum (NM 755). Dirck Hendricksz Centen, Virgin and child with St Nicandrus, St Francis of Assisi and St Marcianus, oil on panel (size unknown), Venafro, church of St Nicandrus.

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Louis Finson, Venus and Cupid, c. 1595-1603, signed ‘AL VISO.FINSON F.’, oil on canvas (106 x 117 cm), Vienna, Dorotheum (2010-10-13, lot nr. 352). Louis Finson, Resurrection of Christ, 1610, signed and dated ‘LVDOVICVS FINSONSIVS BELGA BRUGENSIS FECIT ANNO 1610’, oil on canvas (218 x 168 cm), Aix-enProvence, church of Saint-Jean-de-Malte. Louis Finson, The Four Elements, 1611, signed and dated ‘…VICVS FINSONIUS FECIT NAPOLI A 1611’, oil on canvas (179 x 169.2 cm), private collection, formerly: Milan, Rob Smeets Old Master Paintings (2007). Louis Finson, Annunciation, 1612, signed and dated ‘ALOYSIUS FINSONIUS BELGA BRUGENSIS FECIT 1612’, oil on canvas (310 x 205 cm), Naples, Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte, formerly: Naples, church of San Tommaso d’Aquino, Chapel Beghini. Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, Seven Acts of Mercy, 1606-1607, oil on canvas (387 x 256 cm), Naples, chapel of the Pio Monte della Misericordia. Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, Virgin of the Rosary, 1606-1607, oil on canvas (364.5 x 249.5 cm), Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum (GG_147). Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, Crucifixion of St Andrew, c.1607, oil on canvas (202.5 × 152.7 cm), Cleveland, Cleveland Museum of Art (1976.2).

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Attributed to Louis Finson, Copy after Caravaggio, Crucifixion of St Andrew, c.1607-1610, oil on canvas (200 x 150 cm), Switzerland, private collection. Louis Finson, Copy after Caravaggio, Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, 1613, signed: ‘LVDOVICVS FINSONIVS FECI…’, oil on canvas (125 x 100 cm), Marseille, Musée des Beaux-Arts (inv. 90). Louis Finson, Copy after Caravaggio, Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, 1613, signed and dated: ‘LODOVICUS FINSONIVS FECIT Ano. 1613’, oil on canvas 112 x 86,5 cm), SaintRémy de Provence, private collection. Louis Finson, Copy after Caravaggio, Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, n.d., oil on canvas (105 x 90 cm), Rome, private collection (formerly: Naples, collection Klain). Attributed to Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy,1606, size unknown, private collection (published on 24 October 2014). Wybrand de Geest, Copy after Caravaggio, Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, 1620, signed and dated ‘Imitandum Michaelem Angelum Carrava… Medioelan Wybrandus de Geest Friesius An.1620’, oil on canvas (110 x 87 cm) Barcelona, collection of Santiago Alorda. Attributed to Louis Finson, Copy after Caravaggio, Judith beheading Holofernes, c.16071610, oil on canvas (137 x 157 cm), Naples, Gallerie d’Italia - collection Banco Intesa San Paolo. Louis Finson, Adam and Eve, 1610, signed and dated ‘Ludovicus Finsonius Belga Brugensis fecit anno 1610 in Neapoli’, oil on canvas (164.5 x 213.5 cm), Marburg, Museum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte. Louis Finson, Bathsheba, 1610, signed and dated ‘Lodovco finsoni f inapoli 1610’, oil on canvas (161 x 223 cm), Sotheby’s London (2008-12-03, lotnr. 30). Louis Finson, Annunciation (L'Annonciation des Pinchinats), 1612, signed and dated ‘LUDOVICUS FINSONIVS FECIT IN NEAPOLI Ano 1612’, oil on canvas (117 x 147 cm), Christie’s Monaco (1998-12-12, lotnr. 183). Attributed to Louis Finson, Martyrdom of St Sebastian, c.1604-1612, oil on canvas (142.3 x 106 cm), Rome, Antichità Alberto Di Castro (October 2014). Cornelis Cornelisz van Haarlem, Bathsheba, 1594, signed and dated, oil on canvas (77.5 × 64 cm), Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum (SK-A-3892). Unknown artist, River god (‘Corpo di Napoli’),antique sculpture (Greek?), Naples, piazzetta Corpo di Napoli. Louis Finson, Samson and Delilah, c.1604, oil on canvas (158 x 149 cm), Marseille, Musée des Beaux-Arts. Louis Finson, David with the head of Goliath, c.1604, signed ‘LUDOWIKVS FINSONIVS’, oil on panel (113 x 82.5 cm), Sotheby’s London (2008-12-04, lotnr. 134). Guido Reni, David with the head of Goliath, c.1603-1604, oil on canvas (220 x 145 cm), Paris, Musée du Louvre (inv.nr. 519). Giovanni Battista Caracciolo (Battistello), David with the head of Goliath, c.1612-20, oil on canvas (202 x 112 cm), Rome, Galleria Borghese. Martin Faber, Landscape with travelers, signed and dated (on verso): ‘Dit habbe ich gemacht tot godde gedechtenis van mijn godde vriendt Dr Joan Pothoff in Neapoli den 22. May 1611 Martin Hermans Faber, Embd.’, drawing, Berlin, Kupferstichkabinett (inv.nr. 17624).

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Martin Faber, Landscape with travelers, signed and dated (on verso): ‘Martin Hermans Faber fecit in Neapel Anno 1612. 28 Januar’, drawing, Berlin, Kupferstichkabinett (inv. 17618). Martin Faber, Self-portrait, 1614, signed and dated ‘Martinus Hermani Faber Emdensis Frisius suo se marte effigiavit anno 1614’, oil on canvas (81 x 62 cm), Marseille, Musée des Beaux Arts (inv.nr. 465). Louis Finson, Self-portrait, 1613, signed and dated ‘LUDOVICUS FINSONIUS BELGA BRUGENSIS SUD SE PENICILLO PINXIT AQUIS SEXTIJS ANO M.D.XIII.’, oil on canvas (81 x 62 cm), Marseille, Musée des Beaux Arts (inv.nr. 464). Attributed to Abraham Vinck, Madonna with Child and Saint Cornelio and Biagio, c.15961609), oil on canvas, Aversa, Seminario. Abraham Vinck, Portrait of Hans Martens and his son David, 1612, oil on canvas (122.7 x 100.5 cm), Utrecht, Centraal Museum (inv. 18056).

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Hendrick De Somer, St Jerome, 1652, signed and dated ‘'Enrico Somer f. 1652', oil on canvas (102 x 154 cm), Rome, Galleria d’Arte Antica in Palazzo Barberini (inv.nr. 2330). Hendrick De Somer, Baptism of Christ, 1641, oil on canvas (310 x 167 cm), Naples, church of Santa Maria della Sapienza (in deposit). Hendrick De Somer, St Jerome, 1651, signed and dated ‘HF 1651’, oil on canvas (101 x 125.7 cm), Louisville, Speed Art Museum (inv. 1991.21). Processetto prematrimoniale for Hendrick De Somer and Diacinta Gamboia (detail), 18 November 1632, Naples, Archivio Storico Diocesano di Napoli. Hendrick De Somer, The Healing of Tobit, 1632, signed and dated ‘E.co S 1632’, oil on canvas (203 x 149 cm), Madrid, collection Medina de Las Torres (formerly?). Hendrick De Somer, The Healing of Tobit, c.1632, oil on canvas (200 x 145 cm), Naples, collection Galleria d’Italia – Banco Intesa San Paolo. Hendrick De Somer, Pero breastfeeding Cimon (Caritas Romana), 1635, signed and dated ‘HS Fco 1625, oil on canvas (146 x 201 cm), Rome, collection Bosco. Hendrick De Somer, David with the Head of Goliath, c. 1645, signed ‘HS’, oil on canvas (130 x 97 cm), Rome, private collection. Hendrick De Somer, David with the Head of Goliath, c.1645, signed ‘HS’, oil on canvas (100 x 74 cm), Nice, Musée des Beaux Arts (inv.nr. 5572). Attributed to Hendrick De Somer, David with the Head of Goliath, c.1645, oil on canvas, private collection. Jusepe de Ribera, St Jerome, 1646, signed and dated: ‘Jusepe de Ribera espanol F. 1646’, oil on canvas (146 x 198 cm), Prague, Národní galerie. Jusepe de Ribera, St Jerome, 1651, signed and dated: ‘Jusepe de Ribera español f. 1651’, oil on canvas (125 x 100 cm), Naples, Museo di San Martino (on loan from Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte (Q315). Jusepe de Ribera, Ixion, 1632, oil on canvas (220 x 301 cm), Madrid, Museo del Prado (P01114). Jusepe de Ribera, Tityus, 1632, oil on canvas (227 x 301 cm), Madrid, Museo del Prado (P01113).

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Bernardo Cavallino, The Healing of Tobit, oil on canvas (70 x 77.2 cm), Kassel, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister (inv. GK 467). Peter Paul Rubens, Caritas Romana, 1610-1612, oil on canvas (140.5 x 180.3 cm), St Petersburg, The State Hermitage Museum (ГЭ-470). Dirck van Baburen, Caritas Romana, c. 1623, oil on canvas (127 x 151.1 cm), York, York City Art Gallery (inv. 788). Artemisia Gentileschi, David and Bathsheba, c. 1636-1638, oil on canvas (265 x 209.5 cm), Columbus, Columbus Museum of Art (inv. 1967.006). Massimo Stanzione, Judith with the Head of Holofernes, c.1640, oil on canvas (199.4 x 146.1 cm), New York, Metropolitan Museum of art (inv. 59.40). Guido Reni, Ecstasy of St Francis of Assisi, c.1622-1628, oil on canvas (198 x 133 cm), Naples, church of the Gerolamini. Giovanni Battista Caracciolo (Battistello), St Onofrius, oil on canvas (180 x 117 cm), Rome, Galleria Corsini (inv. E40603). Francesco Guarino, Saint Agatha, c.1637-1640, oil on canvas (82 x 72 cm), Naples, Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte. Carlo Rosa, Christ healing an epileptic, 1641, oil on canvas, Naples, church of Santa Maria della Sapienza (in deposit). Carlo Rosa, Crucifixion, 1641, oil on canvas, Naples, church of Santa Maria della Sapienza (in deposit). Domenico Gargiulo, Last Supper, 1641, oil on canvas (200 x 330 cm), Naples, church of Santa Maria della Sapienza (in deposit). Giovanni Ricca, Transfiguration of Christ, 1641, oil on canvas, Naples, church of Santa Maria della Sapienza (in deposit). Andrea Vaccaro, Temptation of Christ, 1641, oil on canvas, Naples, church of Santa Maria della Sapienza (in deposit).

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Detail of accusation filed by Mattheus de Roggiero on 20 August 1637, Naples, Archivio Storico Diocesano di Napoli. Giacomo Manecchia, Adoration of the Magi, 1647-1650, oil on canvas, Naples, church of Santa Maria della Sapienza. Domenico Viola, Denial of St Peter, 1707, signed and dated, oil on canvas (100 x 127 cm), Naples, private collection. Matthias Stom, Supper at Emmaus, c.1632-1639, oil on canvas (157 x 202 cm), Naples, Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte (inv. Q 197), formerly: Naples, church of Gesù Nuovo. Matthias Stom, Capture of Christ, c.1632-1635, oil on canvas (155 x 210 cm), Naples, Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte (inv. Q 668), formerly: Naples, church of Sant’Eframo Nuovo. Matthias Stom, Supper at Emmaus, c.1632-1635, oil on canvas (153 x 205 cm), Naples, Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte (inv. Q 667), formerly: Naples, church of Sant’Eframo Nuovo.

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Matthias Stom, Holy Family, c.1632-1635, oil on canvas (155 x 208 cm), Naples, Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte (inv. Q 194), formerly: Naples, church of Sant’Eframo Nuovo. Matthias Stom, Adoration of the Shepherds, c.1632-1635, oil on canvas (129 x 181 cm), Naples, Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte (inv. Q 642), formerly: Naples, church of Sant’Eframo Nuovo. Matthias Stom, Liberation of St Peter, c.1632-1635, oil on canvas (127 x 181 cm), Bari, Pinacoteca Provinciale (inv. S. 83823), formerly: Naples, church of Sant’Eframo Nuovo. Matthias Stom, Prophet Jeremia, c.1632-1635, oil on canvas (77 x 64 cm), Naples, Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte (inv. Q 1682), formerly: Naples, church of Sant’Eframo Nuovo. Matthias Stom, Samson and Delilah, c.1632-1639, oil on canvas (99 x 125 cm), Rome, Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Antica in Palazzo Barberini (inv.nr. 2464). Matthias Stom, Mocking of Christ, c.1632-1639, oil on canvas (115 x 159 cm), Brussels, Hôpital de St Jean. Matthias Stom, Mocking of Christ, c.1632-1639, oil on canvas (110.8 x 161 cm), Passadena, Norton Simon Museum (M.1977.25.P). Matthias Stom, Mocking of Christ, c.1632-1639, oil on canvas (130 x 183 cm), Bloomington, Indiana University Art Museum (82.47). Matthias Stom, Sarah leading Hagar to Abraham,c.1632-1639, oil on canvas (150 x 204 cm), Chantilly, Musée Condé (PE 822). Matthias Stom, Ecce Homo, c. 1632-1639, oil on canvas (134.5 x 113 cm), Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum (SK-A-4692). Matthias Stom, Incredulity of St Thomas, c.1632-1639, oil on canvas (125 x 99 cm), Madrid, Museo del Prado (P02094). Matthias Stom, An old woman counting coins (Avarice),c.1632-1639, oil on canvas (67.5 cm x 83.5 cm), Milan, Christie’s (2010-11-24, lotnr. 68). Matthias Stom, Christ and the adulterous woman, c.1632-1639, oil on canvas (124 x 174 cm), Milan, collection Gilberto Algranti (1971). Matthias Stom, Death of Seneca, c.1632-1639, oil on canvas (161 x 323 cm), Naples, Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte. Matthias Stom, Sarah leading Hagar to Abraham, c.1632-1639, oil on canvas (112.5 x 168 cm), Berlin, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Gemäldegalerie (inv.nr. 2146). Matthias Stom, Sarah leading Hagar to Abraham, c.1632-1639, oil on canvas (139 x 182 cm), London, Sotheby’s (auction 1991-12-11, lotnr. 51). Matthias Stom, Sarah leading Hagar to Abraham, c.1632-1639, oil on canvas (149.,5 x 178 cm), Milan, Galleria Orsi (2014).Vienna, Galerie Sankt-Lukas. Gerrit van Honthorst, Adoration of the Shepherds, 1622, signed and dated: ‘G v Honthorst fe 1622’, oil on canvas (164 x 190 cm), Cologne, Wallraf-Richartz Museum (inv. 2122). Copy after Gerrit van Honthorst, Supper at Emmaus, c.1620-1623, oil on canvas (124 x 191 cm), Hartford, Wadsworth Atheneum (inv. 1939.621). Copy after Gerrit van Honthorst, Death of Seneca, n.d., oil on canvas (205 x 265.5 cm), Utrecht, Centraal Museum.

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Gerrit van Honthorst, Mocking of Christ, c.1622, oil on canvas (192.4 x 221.5 cm), Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum (inv. A 4837). Gerrit van Honthorst, Liberation of St Peter, c.1618, oil on canvas (129 x 179 cm), Berlin, Gemäldegalerie der Staatlichen Museen (inv. 431). Gerrit van Honthorst, Boy blowing on a firebrand, c.1621, oil on canvas (76.2 x 63.5 cm), whereabouts unknown. Joachim von Sandrart, Death of Seneca, 1635?, oil on canvas (171 x 215 cm), formerly Berlin, Kaiser Friedrich Museum (destroyed). Gerrit van Honthorst, Mocking of Christ, c.1617, oil on canvas (146 x 207 cm), Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum (inv. AC 1999.92.1). Gerrit van Honthorst, Samson and Delilah, c.1616, oil on canvas (129 x 93.9 cm), Cleveland, Cleveland Museum of Art (inv. 1968.23). Matthias Stom, Liberation of St Peter, oil on canvas (125.7 x 179.1 cm), Zürich, Kunsthaus. Peter Paul Rubens, The Feast of Herod, c.1635-1638, oil on canvas (208 x 264 cm), Edinburgh, National Galleries (NG 2193). Peter Paul Rubens, Incredulity of St Thomas, c.1613-1615, oil on canvas (143 x 123 cm), Antwerp, Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten (inv.nr. 307-311). Peter Paul Rubens, St Peter trying to reach Christ on the water, 1618-1619, oil on panel (77 x 77 cm), Nancy, Musée des Beaux-Arts, formerly: Mechelen, church of Onze-LieveVrouw over de Dijle. Peter Paul Rubens, Adoration of the Magi, 1616-1617, oil on panel (318 x 276 cm), Mechelen, church of Sint-Jan. Peter Paul Rubens, Miraculous catch of fish (left:The Tribute Money), 1618-1619, Mechelen, church of Onze-Lieve-Vrouw over de Dijle. Matthias Stom, The Tribute Money, c.1640-1643 (?), oil on canvas (222 x 302 cm), Palermo, Palazzo Francavilla. Matthias Stom, Adoration of the Magi, n.d., oil on canvas (174 x 172 cm), Stockholm, Nationalmuseum (inv. NM 1792). Peter Paul Rubens, Old woman and boy by candlelight, c.1616-1618, oil on canvas (79 x 61 cm), The Hague, Het Mauritshuis (inv.nr. 1150). Doménikos Theotokópoulos, (El Greco), Boy Blowing on an Ember to Light a Candle, c.1570, oil on canvas (60.5 x 50.5 cm), Naples, Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte (Q 192). Ludovico Cardi (Cigoli), Ecce Homo, 1607, oil on canvas (175 x 135.5 cm), Florence Palazzo Pitti (inv. 90). Tiziano Vecellio, Ecce Homo, c.1570 -1576, oil on canvas (109.2 x 94.8 cm), Saint Louis Art Museum (inv. 10.1936). Sebald Beham, Ecce Homo, 1521, woodcut (32.8 x 25 cm), London, British Museum (inv. E,2.211). Hieronymus Wierix, Ecce Homo, before 1619, engraving (9 x 6.2 cm), London, British Museum (inv. 1859,0709.3071). Jacopo Palma il Giovane, Samson and Delilah, etching (15 x 20.8 cm), Cambridge, Harvard Art Museum (S6.10.1).

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112. Jacopo Palma il Giovane, Christ and the Adulterous woman, 1608, etching (11.2 x 17.3 cm), in: Odoardo Fialetti, ‘Il vero modo et ordine per dissegnar tutte le parti et membra del corpo humano’, London, British Museum (X, 2.12). 113. Mattia Preti, Ecce Homo, c.1660s, oil on canvas (134 x 98 cm), Montecassino, Abbazia. 114. Mattia Preti, Incredulity of St Thomas, c. 1660s, oil on canvas (173 x 129 cm), Montecassino, Pinacoteca dell Abbazia. 115. Luca Giordano, Samson and Delilah, n.d., oil on canvas (126.s x 152.4 cm), private collection. 116. Nicola Malinconico, Samson and Delilah, n.d., oil on canvas, Naples, private collection (Fototeca Zeri: 50622). 117. Unidentified Neapolitan painter, Samson and Delilah, 17th century, oil on canvas (80 x 100 cm), Rome, private collection (Fototeca Zeri: 52366). 118. Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (il Grecchetto), The meeting of Isaac and Rebecca, c.1640, oil on canvas (124 x 175 cm),St Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum. 119. Johann Heinrich Schönfeld, The Rape of the Sabine women, c. 1640, oil on canvas (129 x 178 cm), Cleveland, Cleveland Museum of Art (inv. 1982.143). 120. Nicolas Regnier, David with the head of Goliath, c. 1626-1630, oil on canvas (132 x 104 cm), Dijon, Musée des Beaux-Arts (inv. 1996 6.1). Conclusion 121. Hendrick Hondius, Aert Mytens, 1610, engraving (20.1 x 11.8 cm), in ‘Pictorum aliquot celebrium, præcipué Germaniæ Inferioris, effiges’.

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