Peter Paul Rubens, follower of - The Finding of Erichthonius by the Daughters of Cecrops - image-1

Lot 71 Dα

Peter Paul Rubens, follower of - The Finding of Erichthonius by the Daughters of Cecrops

Auction 1164 - overview Cologne
21.11.2020, 12:00 - Paintings 15th to 19th Century
Estimate: 8.000 € - 10.000 €
Result: 5.000 € (incl. premium)
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Peter Paul Rubens, follower of

The Finding of Erichthonius by the Daughters of Cecrops

Oil on panel (parquetted). 77.5 x 103.5 cm.

The prototype of this painting is the fragment of a painting by Rubens in the Oberlin Allen Memorial Art Museum. A complete copy by a contemporary artist is housed in the Edgar C. Mayo collection, Columbus (Georgia).

Certificate

Prof. Dr. Justus Müller Hofstede, Bonn 12.11.1982.

Provenance

674th Lempertz auction, Cologne, 12.12.1991, lot 155. - North German private collection.

Literature

For the model cf. Ludwig Burchard: Rubens "Daughters of Cecrops", in: Allen Memorial Art Museum Bulletin, Oberlin College, 11, 1953/1954, pp. 4ff. - Wolfgang Stechow: The Finding of Erichthonius. An Ancient Theme in Baroque Art, in: Studies in Western Art. Acts of the 20th International Congress of the History of Art, vol. 3, New York, pp. 27ff.