Jean (1597) Lemaire

Lot 25: JEAN LEMAIRE

Name: JEAN LEMAIRE
Brand: Sotheby's
SKU: a7cdec5241

Est: £80,000 GBP - £120,000 GBP

Sotheby'sLondon, United KingdomDecember 05, 2012

Item Overview

Description

THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
PARIS 1597 - 1659
AN ARCHITECTURAL CAPRICCIO WITH ANCIENT RUINS, A TRIUMPHAL ARCH AND A HAUT-RELIEF SCULPTURE, WITH THE STORY OF MERCURY AND ARGUS
oil on canvas
76 by 73 cm.; 30 by 28 3/4 in.

Artist or Maker

Jean (1597) Lemaire

Literature

M. Fagiolo dell'Arco, "La nobiltà della scultura. Orfeo Boselli e la cultura degli "antiquarii", in ed. A.P. Torresi, Orfeo Boselli. Osservazioni sulla scultura antica. I manoscritti di Firenze e di Ferrara, Ferrara 1994, p. 37, reproduced fig. 13;
M. Fagiolo dell'Arco, Jean Lemaire, pittore "antiquario", Rome 1996, p. 194, cat. no. 37, reproduced.

Provenance

Anonymous sale, New York, Christie's, 7 December 1977, lot 107 (as Attributed to Jean Lemaire);
Private collection, Munich.

Auction Details

Old Master & British Paintings Evening SaleIncluding Three Renaissance Masterworks from Chatsworth

Sotheby's

December 05, 2012, 12:00 PM GMT

34-35 New Bond Street, London, LDN, W1A 2AA, UK

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