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Lot 6007 - ibid150 Old Master Paintings - online only - Wednesday, 02. April 2025, 11.00 AM

Copy after ABRAHAM BLOEMAERT

(Gorinchem 1566–1651 Utrecht)
Cupid and Psyche.
Oil on canvas.
77.8 × 109.2 cm.

Provenance:
- Sale Sotheby's, London, 29.10.1986, Lot 31 (as Prague school, circa 1600, Sleeping Venus).
- Private collection, Switzerland.

Literature:
Marcel Roethlisberger: Abraham Bloemaert and his Son, Ghent 1993, vol. I, p. 149,f fig. 186, vol. II, fig. 186.


Oil on lined canvas. The paint surface in good condition, with a fine network of craquelure. With minimal colour abrasions along the edges. Under UV light: a small amount of minor retouching visible on the figures and the background. The varnish fluoresces an irregular greenish colour.Good overall condition. Dimensions with frame: 90.8 × 121.5 cm.


CHF 5 000 / 7 000 | (€ 5 150 / 7 220)

Sold for CHF 4 375 (including buyer’s premium)
All information is subject to change.