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Lazarus van der Borcht (Antwerp circa 1575) Orpheus charming the animals image 1
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Lazarus van der Borcht
(Antwerp circa 1575)
Orpheus charming the animals

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8 December 2021, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

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Lazarus van der Borcht (Antwerp circa 1575)

Orpheus charming the animals
signed and dated 'LASARVS/ VANDER:/BORCHT/ ano/ 1634' (on rock, lower right)
oil on panel
55.2 x 70.4cm (21 3/4 x 27 11/16in).

Footnotes

Provenance
Possibly the Collection of Anna de Schot, 1663

An Orpheus by Lazarus van der Borcht is mentioned in the inventory of Anna de Schot on 21 April 1663 (see: J. Denucé De Antwerpsche "Konstkamers"; inventarissen van kunstverzamelingen te Antwerpen in de 16e en 17e eeuwen, Amsterdam, 1932, p. 238).

Saleroom notices

Please note the addition provenance and literature for this lot. Provenance Most probably purchased by the present owner's grandparents from Kunsthandel pro Arte, Basel Literature J. de Maere and M. Wabbes, Illustrated Dictionary of 17th Century Flemish Painters, Brussels, 1994, plates vol., ill. p. 131

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