The Principal Contents of Corby Castle, Cumbria
Follower of Sir Anthony Van Dyck and Follower of Sir Peter Paul Rubens
Venus at the Forge of Vulcan; Diana and her nymphs returning from the chase accosted by satyrs
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Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 GBP
Bid
9,000 GBP
Lot Details
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The Principal Contents of Corby Castle, Cumbria
Follower of Sir Anthony Van Dyck
Venus at the Forge of Vulcan
and
Follower of Sir Peter Paul Rubens
Diana and her nymphs returning from the chase accosted by satyrs
a pair, both oil on canvas
the former, unframed: 227.2 x 159.8 cm.; 89½ x 62⅞ in.
framed: 270 x 204.6 cm.; 106¼ x 80½ in.
the latter, unframed: 224.4 x 160 cm.; 88⅜ x 63 in.
framed: 272.6 x 204.6 cm.; 107⅜ x 80½ in.
(2)
Private collection, France;
Whence sold (‘Property from a French private collection’), London, Sotheby’s, 18 April 2000, lot 33;
Where acquired.
E. McGrath et al., Corpus Rubenianum Ludwig Burchard, Part XI, 1: Mythological Subjects: Achilles to the Graces, London 2016, vol. I, p. 330, under no. 28 (the latter, as copy no. 3).
The former is after Anthony van Dyck's composition in the Musée du Louvre, Paris, while the latter is a partial copy of Peter Paul Rubens's original in the Hessisches Landesmuseum, Darmstadt.
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