WORKSHOP OF GERARD VAN OPSTAL (D.1668), MID 17TH CENTURY

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A RECTANGULAR CARVED MARBLE RELIEF DEPICTING FIVE PUTTI AND AN EAGLE
WORKSHOP OF GERARD VAN OPSTAL (D.1668), MID 17TH CENTURY
With Jupiter in the form of an eagle to the centre surrounded by putti; in a later moulded rectangular grey marble frame; minor cracks and damages
15¼ x 11 in. (38.8 x 28 cm.); 17 3/8 x 13¼ in. (44.2 x 33.7 cm.) overall

Literature

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
Brussels, Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, La sculpture au siècle de Rubens, 15 Jul.- 2 Oct. 1977, pp. 250-254.

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Lot Essay

The shallow, somewhat sketchy, quality of the carving and the facial type seen here are entirely consistent with the work of Gerard van Opstal. Of Flemish origin, van Opstal moved to Paris in the 1640s and produced decorative carved marbles for the Louvre and the Palais des Tuileries. He also carved numerous ivory reliefs depicting mythological scenes of which seventeen are known to have belonged to Louis XIV.

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