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Attributed to Frans Wouters (Lier ?1612-1659 Antwerp)
Lot 132

Attributed to Frans Wouters (Lier ?1612-1659 Antwerp)

A Flemish gilt-metal-mounted ebony, ebonized, rosewood, tortoiseshell and ivory cabinet-on-stand, the architectural facade with thirteen drawers around a central cupboard with stage-set interior; the drawers with panels depicting mythological scenes: The Rape of Europa; Diana and Mars; Narcissus; Mercury and Argus; Pan and Syrinx; Pyramus and Thisbe; Leto with Artemis and Apollo; Cephalus and Procris; the central panels with Daedalus and Icarus (centre); and Hermaphroditus (lower centre); and the sides painted with Hermes and Herse, Aglaurus and Pandrosus (left), and The Birth of Zeus (right); partially remounted, the stand later

Closed5 December 2012

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GBP 49,250

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Attributed to Frans Wouters (Lier ?1612-1659 Antwerp)
A Flemish gilt-metal-mounted ebony, ebonized, rosewood, tortoiseshell and ivory cabinet-on-stand, the architectural facade with thirteen drawers around a central cupboard with stage-set interior; the drawers with panels depicting mythological scenes: The Rape of Europa; Diana and Mars; Narcissus; Mercury and Argus; Pan and Syrinx; Pyramus and Thisbe; Leto with Artemis and Apollo; Cephalus and Procris; the central panels with Daedalus and Icarus (centre); and Hermaphroditus (lower centre); and the sides painted with Hermes and Herse, Aglaurus and Pandrosus (left), and The Birth of Zeus (right); partially remounted, the stand later
70¾ x 47 x 17¾ in. (179.7 x 119.4 x 45.1 cm.)