Live Auction 8631Old Masters & British Paintings
Studio of Hendrick de Clerck (Brussels 1560/70-1630)
Lot 20 THE PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTOR (LOTS 10, 20, 24, 191 & 192)

Studio of Hendrick de Clerck (Brussels 1560/70-1630)

Mars and Venus surprised by Vulcan, Cupid and Apollo

Closed11 April 2013

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GBP 9,375

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Studio of Hendrick de Clerck (Brussels 1560/70-1630)
Mars and Venus surprised by Vulcan, Cupid and Apollo
oil on copper
18½ x 13 5/8 in. (47 x 34.6 cm.)

Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 2 August 1968, lot 143, as 'Flemish School' (300 Gns.).
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 18 December 1987, lot 22, as 'Follower of Hendrick de Clerck' (£5,000), and acquired shortly afterwards by the present owner.

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A signed version by Hendrick de Clerck, on panel (45.5 x 35.6 cm.), was sold at Beaux Arts, Brussels, 26 April 2005, lot 4 (70,000 euros).