Lot 75
  • 75

Circle of Gerrit van Honthorst

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
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Description

  • Gerrit van Honthorst
  • Saint Cecilia, seated at the organ with choral singers
  • oil on canvas

Condition

The canvas has been relined. The piant surface is under a dirty varnish. Scattered paint losses are present. Discoloured retouchings are visible and inspection under UV light reveals further strengthenings. Offered in a wood and plaster frame with some losses.
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Catalogue Note

A contemporary copy after Honthorst's original of circa 1623 in Kassel, Schloss Wilhelmshöhe, Gemäldegalerie (see J.R. Judson & R.E.O. Ekkart, Gerrit van Honthorst, Doornspijk 1999, pp. 98-9, cat. no. 80, reproduced plate 38).