ID 1093577
Lot 150 | CHRISTIAEN VAN COUWENBERGH (DELFT 1604-1667 COLOGNE)
Estimate value
£ 25 000 – 35 000
Granida and Daifilo
oil on canvas
46 x 54 ½ in. (117 cm x 138.5 cm.)
Provenance
Dr E.I. Schapiro, Paris, by 1955 [The Property of the late Dr. E.I. Schapiro, sold by the executors]; (†), Christie's, London, 28 May 1982, lot 44.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, Amsterdam, 12 June 1990, lot 288, when acquired by the present owner.
Literature
C. Brière-Misme, 'De nouveau le maître C.B. (Christiaen van Couwenbergh)', La Revue des Arts, V, p. 233, fig. 2, where the subject is identified as Angelica and Medoro.
V. Beyer, 'Un tableau de Christian van Couwenbergh', La Revue du Louvre et des Musées de France, XXII, 1972, pp. 297-300.
J. Briels, Peintres Flamands en Hollande au début du Siècle d'Or, 1585-1630, Antwerp, 1987, p. 80, fig. 79.
J. Briels, Peintres Flamands au berceau du Siècle d'Or hollandais, 1585-1630, Antwerp, 1997, p. 77, fig. 99.
W.C. Maier-Preusker, Christiaen van Couwenbergh (1604-1667), Oeuvre und Wandlungen eines Holländischen Caravaggisten, Cologne, 1991, pp. 200, 202 and 214, no. A23, fig. 45, where the subject is identified as Venus and Adonis.
| Artist: | Christiaen van Couwenbergh (1604 - 1667) |
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| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Artist: | Christiaen van Couwenbergh (1604 - 1667) |
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| Auction house category: | Paintings |
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