File:Jan van den Hoecke or Pieter Thijs - Allegory of the Night (Luna - Selene).jpg

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Summary

Jan van den Hoecke: Diana, allegory of the night. Pendent to Apollo, allegory of the day.

Artist



Alternative names	Johannes van den Hoecke, Jan van der Hoecke
Description	Flemish painter, drawer and tapestry designer
Date of birth/death	4 August 1611	1651
Location of birth/death	Antwerp	Antwerp
Work location	Italy (1635-1644), Vienna (circa 1644 date QS:P,+1644-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 -1647), Antwerp (1647-1650)
Authority file	: Q1349676 VIAF: 45382517 ISNI: 0000000066392239 ULAN: 500019616 WGA: h/hoecke DBNL: hoec013



Alternative names	Peter Thijs (I), Petrus Thijs, Pieter Thys, Piter Thijssens
Description	Flemish painter, drawer and printmaker
Date of birth/death	1616 / 1624	1677
Location of birth/death	Antwerp	Antwerp
Work period	from 1635 until 1677 date QS:P,+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+1635-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P582,+1677-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Work location	Antwerp
Authority file	: Q2837683 VIAF: 87246650 ISNI: 0000000116824088 ULAN: 500010930 WGA: t/thijs DBNL: thij037

Title

German:

Allegorie der Nacht (Luna / Selene)

Diana, allegory of the night. Pendent to Apollo, allegory of the day.

Object type

painting

Genre

allegory

Date

circa 1650

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 374 cm (12.2 ft); width: 270 cm (106.2 in)

Collection

Kunsthistorisches Museum

	Native name	Kunsthistorisches Museum
	Location	Vienna, Austria
	Coordinates	48° 12′ 13.97″ N, 16° 21′ 41.76″ E
	Established	17 October 1891
	Website	www.khm.at/en
	Authority file	: Q95569 VIAF: 126584224 ISNI: 0000000121159908 LCCN: n50056014 MusicBrainz: 0cdcd4c5-5d49-4621-a809-87adfaf8eabb OSM: 20165 WorldCat

Accession number

GG_1698

Object history

Slg. Leopold Wilhelm

Notes

English: Both Thijs and Hoecke were court painters of Leopold and the work is considered by the RKD to be a copy by Thijs of a Van den Hoecke.

Apollo & Diana in RKD, by Van den Hoecke

References

Source/Photographer

Kunsthistorisches Museum; RKD

Licensing

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File history

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	11:56, 21 August 2020	3,144 × 4,356 (7.77 MB)	Fouquiher	chosen file
	10:22, 19 October 2016	1,048 × 1,452 (381 KB)	2A02A03F	Allegorie der Nacht (Luna / Selene)
	22:51, 15 January 2011	361 × 500 (35 KB)	Ras67	cropped new one from source
	19:02, 18 November 2008	365 × 500 (38 KB)	Gryffindor	{{ifc\|remove border, please do not overcrop}} {{Painting\| \|Title={{de\| Allegorie der Nacht}} \|Technique={{de\| Leinwand}} \|Dimensions={{de\| 374 x 270 cm}} \|Location={{de\| Wien}} \|Country={{de\| Österreich}} \|Gallery={{de\| Kunsthistorisches Museum, Gemälde