Live auction - Lot 46
[French school]
The Sacrifice of Polyxena.
18th c
€ 1.000 / 1.500
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Lot description
Drawing, brown ink, brown wash, 37 x 24,3 cm, laid paper (fleur-de-lys, Van der Ley), unsigned (all corners repaired, top right corner underlaid, pinholes, light foxing).
Violent scene in front of an antique temple (Bucrania) with several men attacking a woman, one holding a dagger. Bystanders are shocked by the scene.
Prov. Albert Van Loock (1917-2011), Belgian art dealer (stamp, L. 3751).
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