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Bruges School, circa 1520-1530

Portrait of a Noblewoman as a Sibyl

Auction Closed

May 22, 04:37 PM GMT

Estimate

100,000 - 150,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Bruges School, circa 1520-1530

Portrait of a Noblewoman as a Sibyl


inscribed lower right on the book with text from Saint Augustine's City of God:  Vunde Deum cernent inc / ... fidelis Celsum cu / tis evi iam / ipso Sic ani / Aderunt/ iacet...

oil on panel

panel: 30 by 24 ⅞ in.; 76.2 by 63.2 cm

framed: 36 by 30 ¾ in.; 91.4 by 78.1 cm

Anonymous sale, New York, Parke Bernet, 29 April 1965, lot 46 (as School of Fontainebleau);

Where acquired by Wildenstein, New York;

Joanne Woodward and Paul Newman, Westport, Connecticut;

By whom sold ("Property from The World of Joanne Woodward and Paul Newman"), New York, Sotheby's, 25 May 2023, lot 3 (as Franco-Flemish School, mid-16th century);

Where acquired by the present owner.