ID 990519
Lot 6 | MICHAEL SWEERTS (BRUSSELS 1618-1664 GOA)
Estimate value
£ 2 000 000 – 3 000 000
The Artist’s Studio with a Seamstress
signed and inscribed 'Michael Sweerts / Roma' (lower left, on the paper)
oil on canvas, unlined
31 3/8 x 42 3/4 in. (79.5 x 108.4 cm.)
Provenance
Comte de Bylandt, Château de Foriet ou de Saint-Géry, Belgium, where recorded in a family inventory (undated), no. 28, as ‘L’Atelier par Michael Sweerts’, and by descent, until bequeathed in 1951 to the grandmother of the present owners.
Special notice
This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.
| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
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| Art style: | Old Masters |
| Genre: | Genre art |
| Place of origin: | Belgium, Western Europe, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
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| Art style: | Old Masters |
| Genre: | Genre art |
| 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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