Lot Essay
After the paintings in the Museo del Prado, Madrid.
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Aesop; and Menippus
Details
After Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez
Aesop; and Menippus
the first inscribed 'AESOPVS' (AE linked, upper right); the second inscribed 'MOENIPPVS' (upper left)
oil on canvas
17 7/8 x 10 in. (45.4 x 25.4 cm.)
a pair (2)
Aesop; and Menippus
the first inscribed 'AESOPVS' (AE linked, upper right); the second inscribed 'MOENIPPVS' (upper left)
oil on canvas
17 7/8 x 10 in. (45.4 x 25.4 cm.)
a pair (2)
Provenance
Lady Northcliffe, Guilford; Christie's, London, 27 January 1908, lot 88, as 'Velasquez' (£1.5s. to Bellavis).
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