A wedding procession

Details

FOLLOWER OF JEAN BAPTISTE VANMOUR
A wedding procession
oil on canvas
29.5 x 46.5 in. (75 x 118.1 cm.)

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Gros & Delettrez, Paris, 25 June 1996, lot 126, as Attributed to Cornelis de Wael, where acquired by the present owner.

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Lot Essay

A painting depicting a similar subject, described as an 'Armenian wedding' by Jean Baptiste Vanmour, is in the Rijksmuseum (inv. no. SK-A-2001). The procession is led by a band of musicians followed by the bridegroom, accompanied by a candle-bearer, and finally the bride (dressed in red) who is accompanied by a large group of women.

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