An allegory of the transience of earthly beauty

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Follower of Pieter Coecke van Aelst
An allegory of the transience of earthly beauty
inscribed 'FORMOSAM· SPECVLO· CERNS· RESPíCE· FORMã A· TERGO· POSíTAM· QVE· NOTAT· ·ESSE· NíCHíL' (upper centre)
oil on panel
16¾ x 14¼ in. (42.6 x 36.2 cm.)

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Lot Essay

The composition relates, in reverse, to several paintings that Georges Marlier considered close to Pieter Coecke van Aelst's oeuvre (G. Marlier, La Reinassance Flamande. Pierre Coeck d'Alost, Brussels, 1966, p. 399).

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