Hercules Gets Cerberus from the Underworld (Charon, the Ferryman of the Styx)
Jacob van Campen
1645 - 1650
Medium
panel
Dimensions
h 101cm × w 164cm
Classification
painting, wall decoration
Museum
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
About this artwork
Deel van negendelige kamerbeschildering voor het huis Beekhoven, later het Hoogerhuis genoemd, bij Randenbroek bij Amersfoort, het buitenhuis van Jacob van Campen.
About the Artist
Jacob van Campen
On the death of his parents, Jacob received a considerable inheritance and the title of Lord of Randenbroek. He did not have the benefit of a formal architectural training, but produced several important works, including the Mauritshuis in The Hague and the Amsterdam Town Hall, in which he introduced an Italian classical formal idiom to the Northern Netherlands. Dutch architect and painter. Commen...