Lot Essay
The composition is related to the Vertumnus and Pomona by Caesar van Everdingen, of 1640 in the Thyssen-Bornemisza collection, Madrid (P. Huys Janssen, op. cit., no. 52, plate 10).
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Vertumnus and Pomona
Details
Circle of Cornelis Holsteyn (Haarlem 1618-1658 Amsterdam)
Vertumnus and Pomona
oil on canvas
82.8 x 106.8 cm.
Vertumnus and Pomona
oil on canvas
82.8 x 106.8 cm.
Provenance
M. Colnaghi, London; Christie's, London, 21 July 1902, lot 175, as Eeckhout (£21.10.0 to Powell).
Anonymous sale; Lange, Berlin, 12 May 1942, lot 168, as Caesar van Everdingen.
Anonymous sale; Lange, Berlin, 12 May 1942, lot 168, as Caesar van Everdingen.
Literature
P. Huys Janssen, Caesar van Everdingen, 2002, Doornspijk, p.139. no. R12 (under rejected attributions).
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