Lot No. 801


Abraham Willemsen


Abraham Willemsen - Old Master Paintings

(Antwerp circa 1610–1672)
Landscape with mythological scene, presumably depicting the death of Eurydice,
oil on copper, 69.8 x 87 cm, framed

Verso, an adhesive strip with the coat-of-arms of the Marquis de Courtarvel de Pezé.
A comparable signed painting by Willemsen, entitled “Minerva and the Muses on Mount Parnassus”, was auctioned by Christie’s, London, on 29.3.1968 as lot 70. The landscape background of this painting has been tentatively attributed to the Antwerp painter, Gaspar de Witte (1624–1681). We are grateful to Fred Meijer of the RKD, The Hague, for his kind assistance in the cataloguing of this painting.

Specialist: Dr. Alexander Strasoldo Dr. Alexander Strasoldo
+43-1-515 60-556

alexander.strasoldo@dorotheum.at

17.04.2013 - 18:00

Estimate:
EUR 15,000.- to EUR 18,000.-

Abraham Willemsen


(Antwerp circa 1610–1672)
Landscape with mythological scene, presumably depicting the death of Eurydice,
oil on copper, 69.8 x 87 cm, framed

Verso, an adhesive strip with the coat-of-arms of the Marquis de Courtarvel de Pezé.
A comparable signed painting by Willemsen, entitled “Minerva and the Muses on Mount Parnassus”, was auctioned by Christie’s, London, on 29.3.1968 as lot 70. The landscape background of this painting has been tentatively attributed to the Antwerp painter, Gaspar de Witte (1624–1681). We are grateful to Fred Meijer of the RKD, The Hague, for his kind assistance in the cataloguing of this painting.

Specialist: Dr. Alexander Strasoldo Dr. Alexander Strasoldo
+43-1-515 60-556

alexander.strasoldo@dorotheum.at


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Auction: Old Master Paintings
Auction type: Saleroom auction
Date: 17.04.2013 - 18:00
Location: Vienna | Palais Dorotheum
Exhibition: 06.04. - 17.04.2013