Master Paintings
Master Paintings
Property from a Distinguished Private collection, Washington, D.C.
Auction Closed
October 14, 03:02 PM GMT
Estimate
80,000 - 120,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Distinguished Private Collection, Washington, D.C.
CORNELIS SCHUT
Antwerp 1597 - 1655
ABDUCTION OF EUROPA
oil on canvas
64 by 106 in.; 162.6 by 269.2 cm.
Dr. Fidelio de Freitas Branco, Lisbon;
By inheritance to his son, Luiz de Freitas Branco, Director of Teatro de São Carlos, Lisbon;
Thence by descent in the family;
Anonymous sale, London, Sotheby's, 3 July 1991, lot 84;
With Alex Wengraf, Ltd., London;
From whom acquired, 1992.
G. Wilmers, Cornelius Schut: A Flemish Painter of the High Baroque, Antwerp 1996, pp. 73-74, no. A11, reproduced p. 350 and in color on front cover;
H. Vlieghe, Flemish Art and Architecture, 1585 - 1750, New Haven 1998, p. 89, reproduced in color, fig. 115.
ENGRAVED:
Rombout Eynhouts, signed: C. Schut inv. R. Eynhouts fecit. in Hollstein vol. VI, no. 20 (in reverse).