Quality in Detail. The Juli and Andrew Wieg Collection
Quality in Detail. The Juli and Andrew Wieg Collection
Benjamin Gerritsz. Cuyp
The Adoration of the Magi
Lot Closed
March 24, 02:35 PM GMT
Estimate
1,500 - 2,500 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Benjamin Gerritsz. Cuyp
Dordrecht 1612 - 1652
The Adoration of the Magi
oil on oak panel, en brunaille
unframed: 39 x 56 cm.; 15 3/8 x 22 in.
framed: 55.5 x 72.2 cm.; 28 1/2 x 31 7/8 in.
Anonymous sale, Amsterdam, Christie's, 7 May 1996, lot 110, where acquired for the Wieg collection.
This painting may be compared with that of the same subject in the Staatliches Museum, Schwerin (inv. no. G 3834), in which the composition is mirrored, though the position of some of the figures differs, and the distinct ray of divine light that is found in the present work, is absent.1