Lot 92: Jacob Andries Beschey (Antwerp 1710-1786)

Jacob Andries Beschey (Antwerp 1710-1786)
Maria Magdalene washing the feet of Christ
signed and dated 'J. Bescheij. 1735' (lower left)
oil on panel
42.6 x 51.9 cm.

Schloss Dahlen, 1945.
Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Schloss Pillnitz, Dresden, 1996, inv. S 257.
Restituted in 1996 to the family of the present owners.

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The picture copies a composition by Rubens in the Hermitage, St. Petersburg, in reverse, which is known through a print by Michel Natalis.