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GERARD DE LAIRESSE (LIÈGE 1640-1711 AMSTERDAM)
The Marriage of Peleus and Thetis
signed with initials 'GL' (lower left)
oil on canvas
60 5/8 x 74 5/8 in. (154 x 189.5 cm.)
inscribed in red with the inventory number '1721' (lower right)
Provenance
(Possibly) Jacques Meijers (d. 1721), Rotterdam; (†) his sale, Willis, Rotterdam, 9 September 1722, lot 90, 425 guilders to,
Christiaen Rademaker, Amsterdam.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 14 January 1988, lot 76.
with Richard L. Feigen & Co., New York, by 1988.
[The Property of a Gentleman]; Christie's, London, 24 May 1991, lot 23, where acquired by the present owner.
Literature
(Possibly) A. Roy, Gérard de Lairesse 1640-1711, Paris, 1992, p. 490, no. M.82, 'un festin des dieux dans un magnifique palais, 5 pieds x 6 pieds 4 pouces'.
Special Notice
This lot is offered without reserve.