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WILLEM ADRIAENSZ. KEY (BREDA 1516-1568 ANTWERP)

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Auction dateClassic
25.01.2023 16:00UTC +01:00
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CHRISTIE'S
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ID 887468
Lot 104 | WILLEM ADRIAENSZ. KEY (BREDA 1516-1568 ANTWERP)
WILLEM ADRIAENSZ. KEY (BREDA 1516-1568 ANTWERP)

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)
Applied technique:Oil on panel
Genre:Mythological painting
Place of origin:Belgium, Western Europe, Europe
Category:Painting
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