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Dobrzycka published this painting as Vertumnus (Fig. 15) by an Utrecht artist
of the first half of the 17th century (a couple of years later she repeated her
opinion, specifying the date as c. 1635-50, and listing our painting among
representations of the same or similar subjects by Abraham and Flendrick
Bloemaert, Paulus Moreelse and Jan van Bijlert).47 She was certainly right in the
recognition of the subject, and in depicting the circle of possible authors,
although I would not agree with her opinion that this painting must necessarily
be a fragment of a larger composition. On account of its proportions, it could

Heimbach. Hofmaler Christoph Bernhards von Galen, Westfalen, 40 (1962), H. 3, p.315-332, Abb.
154-155; B. Bushart, Deutsche Malerei des Barock, Königstein im Taunus 1967, Fig. p.52;
B. Nicolson, The International Caravaggesque Movement, Oxford, 1979, s. 56-57, Plate 243.

47 Oil on canvas, 82 x 66 cm; cf. A. Dobrzycka, Malarstwo holenderskie XVII-XVIII w., cat. coll.
Muzeum Narodowe w Poznaniu, Poznan 1958, cat. no. 123, Fig. 101; A. Dobrzycka, “Vertumnus”,

15. Here attributed to

Hendrick Bloemaert,

Vertumnus, Poznan,

Muzeum Narodowe

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