Lot Essay
We are grateful to Dott. Pierluigi Leone de Castris of the Museo Capodimonte, Naples for suggesting an attribution to Mytens on the basis of a photograph.
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A standing putto playing a lyre
Details
Attributed to Aert Mytens (Brussels c. 1545-1602 Rome)
A standing putto playing a lyre
oil on canvas
52 x 31 5/8 in. (132 x 80.3 cm.)
A standing putto playing a lyre
oil on canvas
52 x 31 5/8 in. (132 x 80.3 cm.)
Provenance
with H.E. Backer, Rome.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 12 May 1961, lot 17, as 'Correggio' (with a certificate from A. Porcella, 1936; 90 gns. to Bucker).
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 21 May 1992, lot 233, as 'School of Altobello Meloni'.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 7 July 1995, lot 256, as 'Attributed to Aert Mytens'.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 12 May 1961, lot 17, as 'Correggio' (with a certificate from A. Porcella, 1936; 90 gns. to Bucker).
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 21 May 1992, lot 233, as 'School of Altobello Meloni'.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 7 July 1995, lot 256, as 'Attributed to Aert Mytens'.
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