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Lady as Saint Catherine with angels
Lost Art-ID
570645
Artist
Veen, Otto van
Birth
1556, Leiden
Death
1629.05.06, Brüssel
Place of activity
Lüttich; Antwerpen
Title
Lady as Saint Catherine with angels
Object type
Group of reported objects
Material / Technique
oil, canvas / painted
Height
102.00 cm
Width
79.00 cm
Description
Knee-length portrait nearly in front. She is resting her right hand on a hugh longsword and her left at the shoulder of an angel standing next to her, who is carrying a small basket with flowers and is enthusing looking up to her. Red dress, white bulged sleeves; pearls an ribbons at the ginger hair. At the right background through an opening at the wall a landscape with fortress can be seen, where the martyrium of Saint Cathrine is displayed en miniature. According to an emblem seal at the backside with the inscription "Palais Royal F. W. o. F. Varsovie" the paintings was part of the royal castle of in Warsaw. Source: Hugo Helbing Kunsthandlung and Kunstversteigerungshaus: Kunstbesitz eines Berliner Sammlers. Katalog Nr. 49; Math. Lempertz'sche Kunstversteigerung: Eine bekannte Süddeutsche Privatsammlung and anderer Privatbesitz, Katalog Nr. 395.
Provenance
Collection Jakob Goldschmidt, Berlin, Auction at 11/12th March 1938 by Math. Lempertz, Cologne. CatalogueNo: 88 (Auktionshaus Hugo Helbing, 1936); 152 (Math. Lempertz, 1938)
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