Lot 133: OTTMAR ELLIGER II - (HAMBURG 1666-1735 SAINT PETERSBURG)

OTTMAR ELLIGER II
(HAMBURG 1666-1735 SAINT PETERSBURG)
'Sine Baccho et Cerere friget Venus' (Without Ceres and Bacchus,
Venus would freeze), an Allegory of Summer(?)
indistinctly signed 'O[...]m[...] / Ellig[er]' (lower right)
oil on canvas 19 5/8 x 16 3/8 in. (49.8 x 41.5 cm.)

PROVENANCE:
Christian Arnold von Zesterfeth (1750-1820), Celle; his sale, Noodt, Celle, 20
July 1818, lot 103, where sold with a pendant depicting Bacchus and Ariadne
(15.24 to Barth).
Anonymous sale; Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 23 June 1997, lot 93, where acquired by
the present owner.