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Old Master Paintings and 19th Century Art

Tuesday 15 September 2020, 03:00 PM • Rome

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Pittore caravaggesco fiammingo, secolo XVII

The cheerful drinker

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€ 2.000 - 3.000

Sold

€ 2.560

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Information

oil on canvas
72 x 63.5 cm

The painting is accompanied by a letter from Roberto Longhi, dated Florence, 11/20/1961, which attributes it to Gerrit van Hontorst, referring to the artist's mature activity, after his return to the hometown of Utrecht.

The prototype of this version, autographed and signed, was auctioned at Sotheby's, London, 9/12/1987, lot 61, and published by B. Nicholson in Caravaggism in Europe , fig. 1273.