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BY JOHANN PETRUS VAN ESCH, DATED 1696
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A PAIR OF SWISS REVERSE GLASS PAINTINGS
BY JOHANN PETRUS VAN ESCH, DATED 1696
Each depicting the portrait of a lady flanked by putti, one emblematic of Summer, the other of Winter, in the manner of Pierre Mignard, within a later rectangular giltwood frame with pierced scrolled cresting, signed to the figure of Summer 'V.E.P' and dated '1696'
34 x 21 in. (86.5 x 53.5 cm.) (2)
BY JOHANN PETRUS VAN ESCH, DATED 1696
Each depicting the portrait of a lady flanked by putti, one emblematic of Summer, the other of Winter, in the manner of Pierre Mignard, within a later rectangular giltwood frame with pierced scrolled cresting, signed to the figure of Summer 'V.E.P' and dated '1696'
34 x 21 in. (86.5 x 53.5 cm.) (2)
Provenance
A Private Collection, Lucerne.
Galerie Koller, Zurich, 3 June 1983, lots 5226-5227.
Galerie Koller, Zurich, 3 June 1983, lots 5226-5227.
Literature
Georg Staffelbach, Geschichte del Luzerner Hinterglasmalerei von den Anfängen bis zur Gegenwart, Lucerne, 1951, plate 33, n.48 and 50.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 20% on the buyer's premium.
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Celia Harvey
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