Paulus Moreelse* (1571-1638)

The Virgin and Child in a feigned stone cartouche with Cherubs

Details

Paulus Moreelse* (1571-1638)
Moreelse, P.
The Virgin and Child in a feigned stone cartouche with Cherubs
bears monogram 'PM' and inscribed 'Verus Homo, verusge Deus. Sub imagine parvi/Infantus Mundo vita Salusa verit'
oil on canvas
27 x 23in. (69.2 x 58.5cm.)

Provenance

Anon. Sale, Sotheby's, New York, Jan. 17, 1992, lot 110.

Lot Essay

A version of this composition was published by C.H. de Jonghe, Paulus Moreelse, 1938, p. 116, no. 242, as signed and dated 1620. Though no signature remains today it is possible that the present work can be identified with that painting and that the provenance cited may be associated with this work: Henriette Catherina von Anhalt; Duchess von Nassau-Dietz; Princess Henriette Agnes von Anhalt; Princess Anne Wilhelmina; Duchess Radziwill.