Rafael Valls

CORNELIS VAN POELENBURGH
Circa 1586 - 1667
Dutch

The Assumption of the Virgin

Oil on Copper
141/2 x 12 1/4 inches (37 x 31 cms)
Signed with Initials and Dated: CP 1620; stencilled on the Reverse with the old Inventory Number: 7.4. SC

PROVENANCE:
The Chevalier de Cosson;
Sir Hugh Seeley;
R.H. Ward, London;
Sir R. Greg.

LITERATURE:
A. Blankert: "Nederlandse 17e Eeuwse Italianiserande Landschapschilders:', Utrecht, 1978, p. 73, Cat. no. 22, reproduced plate 22).

NOTE:
The composition may be compared to a similar picture depicting the Apotheosis of Saint Catherine of Alexandra, in the Central Museum, Utrecht, inv No. 13101.

A closely related version of the present work, minus the putti in the very top background, was sold in the Vaj de Vaja sale, Budapest, Ernst-Museum, 15 April 1918, lot 300/23.

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