Paulus Moreelse
(Utrecht 1571–1638)
A mother and child as Venus and Cupid,
signed and dated lower right: Moreelse fecit/1624,
oil on panel, 54 x 78 cm, framed
Provenance:
sale, Mak B. V., Dordrecht, 18 December 1979, lot 156;
Private collection, Belgium
Paulus Moreelse, started his artistic career as a pupil of Michiel van Mierevelt, and was a highly talented portrait painter. Portraits of children are among his best works. A comparable painting, dated 1630, is in the collection of the Hermitage, St. Petersburg (see fig. 1; I. Linnik/Y. Kuznetsov, Dutch Painting in Soviet Museums, no. 29, illustrated).
Specialist: Damian Brenninkmeyer
Damian Brenninkmeyer
+43 1 515 60 403
old.masters@dorotheum.com
30.04.2019 - 17:00
- Estimate:
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EUR 40,000.- to EUR 60,000.-
Paulus Moreelse
(Utrecht 1571–1638)
A mother and child as Venus and Cupid,
signed and dated lower right: Moreelse fecit/1624,
oil on panel, 54 x 78 cm, framed
Provenance:
sale, Mak B. V., Dordrecht, 18 December 1979, lot 156;
Private collection, Belgium
Paulus Moreelse, started his artistic career as a pupil of Michiel van Mierevelt, and was a highly talented portrait painter. Portraits of children are among his best works. A comparable painting, dated 1630, is in the collection of the Hermitage, St. Petersburg (see fig. 1; I. Linnik/Y. Kuznetsov, Dutch Painting in Soviet Museums, no. 29, illustrated).
Specialist: Damian Brenninkmeyer
Damian Brenninkmeyer
+43 1 515 60 403
old.masters@dorotheum.com
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Auction: | Old Master Paintings |
Auction type: | Saleroom auction |
Date: | 30.04.2019 - 17:00 |
Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
Exhibition: | 20.04. - 30.04.2019 |