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After Abraham Bloemaert
Cupid and Psyche
Details
After Abraham Bloemaert
Cupid and Psyche
oil on panel
36.7 x 49.2 cm
Special notice
Christie's charge a buyer's premium of 20.825% of the hammer price for lots with values up to NLG 200,000. If the hammer price exceeds the NLG 200,000 then the premium is calculated at 20.825% of the first NLG 200,000 plus 11.9% of any amount in excess of NLG 200,000.
Lot Essay
The composition follows the engraving by Jacob Matham of 1607, after a design by Bloemaert (M. Roethlisberger, Abraham Bloemaert and his Sons, 1993, I, pp.145/6, cat.no.102; II, fig.177).