Sale 2496
Amsterdam
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20 March 2001
Price realised
NLG 4,112
Estimate
After Abraham Bloemaert Cupid and Psyche oil on panel 36.7 x 49.2 cm
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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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