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Adriaen van Stalbemt — Apollon et Minerve quittant les Muses pour retrouver Venus, Cérès et Bacchus
Adriaen van Stalbemt

Apollon et Minerve quittant les Muses pour retrouver Venus, Cérès et Bacchus

Adriaen van Stalbemt's Apollon et Minerve quittant les Muses pour retrouver Venus, Cérès et Bacchus is an oil painting on copper depicting a classical mythological narrative. The copper support, a precious and labor-intensive medium, underscores the work's significance and the artist's technical mastery. The composition weaves together multiple deities and mythological narratives in a complex allegorical scene.

Medium
Oil on copper

🔨 Auction Lot

Tableaux, Dessins, Sculptures 1300-1900

November 3, 2021

Estimate: $20,000$30,000

Lot 45

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Adriaen van Stalbemt, Apollon et Minerve quittant les Muses pour retrouver Venus, Cérès et Bacchus

Adriaen van Stalbemt's Apollon et Minerve quittant les Muses pour retrouver Venus, Cérès et Bacchus is an oil painting on copper depicting a classical mythological narrative. The copper support, a precious and labor-intensive medium, underscores the work's significance and the artist's technical mastery. The composition weaves together multiple deities and mythological narratives in a complex allegorical scene.

Medium
Oil on copper
Seen at
Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

Classical, Baroque, Oil On Copper, Landscape, Narrative, Earth Tones, Mythological, Flemish, Figurative, Renaissance

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