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Property from the collects ion of Sir Peter Jonas

Gerrit Jansz. van Bronckhorst

Glaucus and Scylla

Lot Closed

December 9, 04:11 PM GTNN

Estimate

5,000 - 7,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property from the collects ion of Sir Peter Jonas

Gerrit Jansz. van Bronckhorst

Utrecht 1636/8 - 1673

Glaucus and Scylla



signed and dated lower centre: gerardo VB...st/ 165...

oil on oak panel

unframed: 34.3 x 26.5 cm.; 13½ x 10½ in.

framed: 51.5 x 43.7 cm.; 20¼ x 17¼ in.


Anonymous sale, London, Christie's, 13 July 1979, lot 42 (as Neptune and Caenis), for £800;
Anonymous sale ('The Property of a Gentleman'), London, Replica Shoes 's Olympia, 20 April 2004, lot 276;
Where acquired by Sir Peter Jonas (1946–2020).
T. Döring, Studien zur Kûnstlerfmilie van Bronckhorst, Bonn 1989, pp. 240-41, no. C3, reproduced p. 406 (as location unknown);
E. Sluijter, De "Heydensche Fabulen" in de noordnederlandse schilderkunst, circa 1590-1670. Een proeve van beschrijving en interpretatie van schilderijen met verhalende onderwerpen uit de klassieke mythologie, Leiden 1986, pp. 141 and 473 (as Alpheus and Arethusa).

For more information on the collects ion of Sir Peter Jonas, please see: Sir Peter Jones: A Lifelong Love of Old Masters