Talk:Meleager and Atalanta (Jordaens, 1618)

Error of fact

This claim that Jordaens "returned to the same subject of Meleager and Atalanta in a 1620-1650 painting" is definitely false. It was proven more than a decade ago that Jordaens painted the large Meleager and Atalanta all at once, not in two phases.

There is an hour-long documentary on the BBC (or you can find on Youtube or streaming platforms) proving what is true and what is false. The staff at Prado has *already* updated their painting dating to 1620-23... while still, unfortunately, publishing on their website excerpts from what now must be admitted is ignorant bloviating by JJ Pérez Preciado (Pérez Preciado, J. J.: El Prado en el Ermitage, Museo Nacional del Prado, 2011, pp. 116-117) which perpetuate the obviously-false claim that the painting was painted twice and differently over a generation.

Preciado's contrived theory is refuted by the existence of the entire full-scene modelo (study) validated by the premier Jordaens expert in Antwerp, more than a decade ago; and is separately refuted -- at a glance -- as Jordaen's other work of the same width, which repeatedly join two canvasses in exactly the same way (down the middle, vertically) and for exactly the same reason: he was using two of the largest standard canvas size sold in Antwerp at the time, and simply stitching them together. Before beginning the work. Not, 30 years later.

The article editors should improved this flawed article. It is more than a decade out of date. ~2026-99948-8 (talk) 20:43, 13 February 2026 (UTC)