Lot Essay
For Willemsens working in collaboration with Jan van Kessel I, see Gregory Martin, Abraham Willemsens, (again), Apollo, CXXXVII, no. 372, Feb. 1993, pp. 98-9, figs. 8 and 10.
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Jan van Kessel I (1626-1679) and Abraham Willemsens (active 1627-1672)
A Personification of Music: A young Woman playing a Lute on a Terrace before an open Gallery, with musical instruments and scores nearby, before a re-creation of a moated Mount Helicon, a landscape beyond
25.5/8 x 37in. (65 x 94cm.)
A Personification of Music: A young Woman playing a Lute on a Terrace before an open Gallery, with musical instruments and scores nearby, before a re-creation of a moated Mount Helicon, a landscape beyond
25.5/8 x 37in. (65 x 94cm.)