Master Paintings & Sculpture Part I

Master Paintings & Sculpture Part I

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Property of a Private Collector

Nicolas Régnier

Young Woman Singing Accompanied by a Lute Player

Auction Closed

February 1, 04:16 PM GMT

Estimate

300,000 - 500,000 USD

Lot Details

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Property of a Private Collector

Nicolas Régnier

Maubeuge, Flanders circa 1590 – 1667 Venice

Young Woman Singing Accompanied by a Lute Player


indistinctly signed lower center on the music sheet: RENIER

oil on canvas

canvas: 38 ⅜ by 51 ⅞ in.; 97.5 by 131.8 cm.

framed: 48 ⅝ by 62 ⅞ in.; 123.4 by 159.8 cm.

Believed to have been acquired by the grandfather of the previous owner in the 1920s;

Anonymous sale ("Property from a Family Collection"), London, Sotheby’s, 7 July 2005, lot 34;

Where acquired by the present collector.

A. Lemoine, Nicolas Régnier (alias Nicolo Renieri) ca. 1588–1667, Peintre, collectionneur et marchand d'art, Paris 2007, pp. 48, 240–241, cat. no. 39, reproduced;

A. Lemoine, in Nicolas Régnier. L'homme libre, v. 1588–1667, exhibition catalogue, Nantes 2017, pp. 123–125, cat. no. 13, reproduced.

Nantes, Musée d'Arts de Nantes, Nicolas Régnier, L'homme libre, v. 1588–1667, 1 December 2017 – 11 March 2018, no. 13.