Master Paintings and Sculpture Part II

Master Paintings and Sculpture Part II

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Flemish artist working in Venice, circa 1600

Allegory of Africa

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January 27, 09:38 PM GMT

Estimate

80,000 - 120,000 USD

Lot Details

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Flemish artist working in Venice, circa 1600

Allegory of Africa


inscribed lower left: AFRICA.3

oil on canvas

canvas: 67½ by 58⅝ in.; 171.5 by 148.9 cm.

framed: 74⅜ by 65½ in.; 188.9 by 166.4 cm.

Italo Brass (1870-1943), Venice;
Anonymous sale, Florence, Sotheby's, 7 April 1976, lot 15 (as attributed to Antonio Vasilacchi, called L'Aliense);
Anonymous sale, Florence, Pandolfini, 1 March 2022, lot 42;
Where acquired by the present owner.
B.J. Meijer, "On Dirck Barendsz and Venice," in Oud Holland 102, no. 2 (1988), pp. 152, 154 note 55.