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Lot 185
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'Jupiter et Io (Correggio)': A lacquer cigar case, Stobwasser, Brunswick, circa 1835

Estimate
1,500 - 2,000 GBP
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Description

  • Stobwasser, Brunswick, circa 1835
  • height 12.8cm, 5in
of upright oval section, the front painted with Jupiter in the form of a cloud making love to Io, titled below, the lid with Mark IX

Catalogue Note

Antonio da Correggio's painting of 1531 is in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna.  For the same subject on a round box, see Christie's South Kensington, 20-21 October 1992, lot 523.