Lot Essay
The present picture is an autograph version of the picture in the Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts, Brussels. Both versions are probably datable to the 1630s.
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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
Jan Brueghel II (1601-1678)
Aeneas, guided by the Cumaean Sibyl, descending into the Underworld
Details
Jan Brueghel II (1601-1678)
Aeneas, guided by the Cumaean Sibyl, descending into the Underworld
oil on copper
10¾ x 14¼in. (27.3 x 36.2cm.)
The reverse is stamped with the coat-of-arms of the city of Antwerp and the maker's mark of Pieter Staes
Aeneas, guided by the Cumaean Sibyl, descending into the Underworld
oil on copper
10¾ x 14¼in. (27.3 x 36.2cm.)
The reverse is stamped with the coat-of-arms of the city of Antwerp and the maker's mark of Pieter Staes
Literature
K. Ertz, Jan Brueghel der Jüngere, Freren, 1984, p. 304, no. 131.