ID 887468
Lot 104 | WILLEM ADRIAENSZ. KEY (BREDA 1516-1568 ANTWERP)
Estimate value
$ 200 000 – 300 000
Venus and Cupid
oil on panel
36 1/2 x 51 in. (92.5 x 129.5 cm.)
Provenance
(Probably) Anonymous sale; Park Palace, Monte Carlo, 7-8 February 1949, as School of Fontainebleau (according to Jonckheere).
with Wildenstein Gallery, London, as School of Fontainebleau, where acquired in 1989 by,
Private collection, New York, by whom sold,
[Property of a Private Collector]; Sotheby’s, New York, 22 January 2004, lot 34, where acquired by the present owner.
Literature
A. Auer, ‘Aufgaben einer europäischen Kulturpolitik’, Du: Europäische Kunstzeitschrift, May 1977, pp. 32-34, illustrated (twice), as School of Fontainebleau.
K. Jonckheere, Willem Key (1516-1568): Portrait of a Humanist Painter, Turnhout, 2011, pp. 174-175, no. A94, illustrated.
| Artist: | Willem Key (1516 - 1568) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on panel |
| Genre: | Mythological painting |
| Place of origin: | Belgium, Western Europe, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Artist: | Willem Key (1516 - 1568) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on panel |
| 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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