Lot Essay
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Elegant figures making merry in a palacial interior at night as mascarades enter
Details
Circle of Hans von Aachen (1552-1616)
Elegant figures making merry in a palacial interior at night as mascarades enter
inscribed 'VENITE ET FRVAMVRBO:/NIS. QVAE. SVT. ET. VTAMVR/CREATVRA TANQVAMIN/IVVENTATE. CELERITER' and 'NEMO VESTRV. EXORS. SIT. LVX/VRIAE. NOSTRAE. VBIQVE RELIN QVAM SIONA LETITIAE QVONI/AM HAEC EST SORS NOSTRA' (upper centre)
oil on canvas
154.8 x 198.4 cm.
Elegant figures making merry in a palacial interior at night as mascarades enter
inscribed 'VENITE ET FRVAMVRBO:/NIS. QVAE. SVT. ET. VTAMVR/CREATVRA TANQVAMIN/IVVENTATE. CELERITER' and 'NEMO VESTRV. EXORS. SIT. LVX/VRIAE. NOSTRAE. VBIQVE RELIN QVAM SIONA LETITIAE QVONI/AM HAEC EST SORS NOSTRA' (upper centre)
oil on canvas
154.8 x 198.4 cm.
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