Lot Essay
There was a tondo-shaped, brown ink and wash drawing by Lelio Orsi, closely related to the present work, sold at Sotheby's, London, 9 April 1981, lot 73.
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The Rape of Persephone
Details
Flemish School, 16th Century
The Rape of Persephone
oil on panel
22 x 33 in. (55.8 x 83.8 cm.)
The Rape of Persephone
oil on panel
22 x 33 in. (55.8 x 83.8 cm.)
Provenance
with Wildenstein, Paris, by 1939.
Literature
A. Watt, 'Notes from Paris', Apollo, XXXI, no. 182, February 1940, p. 46, as 'Attributed to the Master of the Prodigal Son'.
Exhibited
Paris, Wildenstein, L'École de Fontainebleau, December 1939, no. 17, as 'Attributed to the Master of the Prodigal Son'.
New York, Wildenstein, The School of Fontainebleau, 31 October-30 November 1940, no. 18, as 'School of Fontainebleau'.
Denver, Art Museum, Art Tells the Story, 1 March-26 April 1953, as 'French artist of the Fontainebleau School'.
New York, Wildenstein, The School of Fontainebleau, 31 October-30 November 1940, no. 18, as 'School of Fontainebleau'.
Denver, Art Museum, Art Tells the Story, 1 March-26 April 1953, as 'French artist of the Fontainebleau School'.
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.
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