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Lot 37

Circle of Gérard de Lairesse
(Liège 1641-1711 Amsterdam)
The Rape of Europa unframed

5 December 2012, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £7,500 inc. premium

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Circle of Gérard de Lairesse (Liège 1641-1711 Amsterdam)

The Rape of Europa
oil on canvas
106 x 140cm (41 3/4 x 55 1/8in).
unframed

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PROVENANCE:
The Property of a Private European Collector

The composition of the group of Europa and the Bull with the two putti relates closely to a signed etching by Gerard de Lairesse, although the head of the bull is facing forwards in the etching and his legs are in a different position (Coburg, Kunstsammlungen der Veste, inv. no. VIII, 328,53).

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