Live Auction 20684Old Masters Part II
FLEMISH SCHOOL, 17TH CENTURY
Lot 114

FLEMISH SCHOOL, 17TH CENTURY

An allegory of the month of January with the triumph of Janus; and An allegory of the month of March with the triumph of Minerva

Closed7 July 2023

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GBP 25,000–35,000

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FLEMISH SCHOOL, 17TH CENTURY
An allegory of the month of January with the triumph of Janus; and An allegory of the month of March with the triumph of Minerva
oil on canvas
36 x 47 ¾ in. (91.5 x 121.2 cm.)
(2)the first inscribed 'Ianuarius' (upper right); the second inscribed 'Marcius' (upper centre)
two

Specialist note


These two paintings would once have formed part of a set of twelve, each depicting a different month of the year. The prime versions of the compositions are now in the Museo del Prado, Madrid, but previously formed part of the Spanish Royal Collection; they are listed as early as 1701 hanging in the Palacio del Buen Retiro. The primes are on a much larger scale, measuring more than two metres in width.