Lot 85: - Attributed to Mattheus Terwesten , The Hague 1670 - 1757 Jupiter, Hera and Venus oil on canvas, extended from an oval, unframed

oil on canvas, extended from an oval, unframed

measurements note 191 by 154 cm.; 75 1/4 by 60 5/8 in.

The present painting depicts Jupiter courting Venus whilst his jealous wife Hera watches from behind the cloud. Trained by his older brother Augustinus Terwesten, Mattheus's choice of subject is similar to the elegant mythological scenes his brother was painting in Berlin at the court of Frederick III, Elector of Brandenburg, later Frederick I of Prussia. For a complete survey of Mattheus's works as a decorative painter see C.J.A. Wansink, "De decoratieve schilderkunst van Mattheus Terwesten, een Haagse meester uit de achttiende eeuw", in Oud Holland, vol. 104, 1990, pp. 270-292.