Lot 117
Lot 117
KAREL PHILIPS SPIERINCKS (BRUXELLES 1609-1639 ROME)

Putti jouant avec l'Âne d'or

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EUR 8,000 - EUR 12,000
Closed: 17 Nov 2023
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KAREL PHILIPS SPIERINCKS (BRUXELLES 1609-1639 ROME)

Putti jouant avec l'Âne d'or

Closed: 17 Nov 2023
Closed: 17 Nov 2023
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KAREL PHILIPS SPIERINCKS (BRUXELLES 1609-1639 ROME)
Putti jouant avec l'Âne d'or
huile sur toile
53,3 x 44 cm. (21 x 1713 in.)
Provenance
Vente anonyme, Sotheby's, Londres, 30 octobre 2008, lot 86.
Collection particulière européenne.
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KAREL PHILIPS SPIERINCKS, PUTTI PLAYING WITH THE GOLDEN ASS, OIL ON CANVAS

Karel Philips Spierincks (1609-1639) was a Flemish painter whose work shows the classical influence of Nicolas Poussin (1594-1665). Active in Italy, his work consists principally of mythological subjects, with putti a recurring iconographic theme. In the present painting they can be seen playing with a donkey, the main figure in The Golden Ass, written by Apuleius (c.125-170), which tells the story of Lucius, who is accidentally transformed into a donkey by his mistress Photis.
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