- 120
Jacques Blanchard Paris 1600 - 1638
Estimate
30,000 - 40,000 USD
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Description
- Jacques Blanchard
- Danae
- oil on canvas
Provenance
Anonymous sale, London, Christie's, December 8, 1989, lot 82.
Literature
Serre-Leegenhoek, Maîtres anciens du XVIe au XVIIIe siècle, exhibition catalogue, Paris 1990, p. 39-40, reproduced fig. 3;
J. Thuillier, Jacques Blanchard 1600-1638, Rennes 1998, under cat. no. 22, no. 3.
J. Thuillier, Jacques Blanchard 1600-1638, Rennes 1998, under cat. no. 22, no. 3.
Catalogue Note
This painting, by Blanchard with some possible studio assistance, is one of three versions of this subject by the artist. One is in the Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lyon and the other is in the Pushkin Palace, Tsarkoe-Selo (see J. Thuillier, Literature below).
This painting was also engraved by Nicolas de La Court around 1639-1642 (Bibliothèque Nationale, Cabinet des Estampes, Paris).