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    Sale 2496

    PICTURES, WATERCOLOURS AND DRAWINGS

    Amsterdam

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    20 March 2001

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    • After Abraham Bloemaert
    Lot 13

    After Abraham Bloemaert

    Cupid and Psyche

    Price realised

    NLG 4,112

    Estimate

    NLG 3,000 - NLG 5,000

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    After Abraham Bloemaert
    Cupid and Psyche
    oil on panel
    36.7 x 49.2 cm

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    Lot Essay

    The composition follows the engraving by Jacob Matham of 1607, after a design by Bloemaert (M. Roethlisberger, Abraham Bloemaert and his Sons, 1993, I, pp.145/6, cat.no.102; II, fig.177).

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    Christie's charge a buyer's premium of 20.825% of the hammer price for lots with values up to NLG 200,000. If the hammer price exceeds the NLG 200,000 then the premium is calculated at 20.825% of the first NLG 200,000 plus 11.9% of any amount in excess of NLG 200,000.


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