ID 1511769
Lot 3 | FLEMISH SCHOOL, CIRCA 1600
Estimate value
£ 150 000 – 250 000
The Cumaean Sibyl leading Aeneas to the Underworld
oil on panel
33 ½ x 52 3/8 in. (85.3 x 133 cm.)
Provenance
Acquired by Henri Tournafond (b. 1876) and Thérèse Tournafond, née Persoz (b. 1882), Fontainebleau and Paris, at the end of the 19th century, and by descent to their daughter,
Mathilde Gourret, née Tournafond (1902-1990), and by descent to her son,
Paul Gourret, and by descent to the present owner in 2005.
| Applied technique: | Oil on panel |
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| Art style: | Old Masters |
| Genre: | Mythological painting |
| Place of origin: | Belgium, Western Europe, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Applied technique: | Oil on panel |
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| Art style: | Old Masters |
| Genre: | Mythological painting |
| Place of origin: | Belgium, Western Europe, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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