Cornelis De Bailleur (Anvers 1607-1671) L'adoration de l'Enfant Jésus Corneli...
Cornelis De Bailleur (Anvers 1607-1671)
L'adoration de l'Enfant Jésus
Cornelis de Bailleur (Antwerp 1607-1671)
The Adoration of the Christ Child
oil on copper
29.8 x 23.6cm (11 3/4 x 9 5/16in).
A painter and dealer, like his father Louis de Bailleur, Cornelis specialised in religious subjects as well as the representations of 'Interieurs de Cabinet'.
Numerous similar versions of the present composition are known. Several, like the present work, show only the Dove of the Holy Spirit upper centre (such as Sotheby's, Amsterdam, 22 May 1990, lot 129, and Phillips, London, 29 October 2001, lot 49) and others also include God the Father, upper centre, (such as Christie's, London, 5 July 1996, lot 344 and with Galleria Luigi Caretto, Turin, December 2000).
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Cornelis De Bailleur (Anvers 1607-1671)
L'adoration de l'Enfant Jésus
Cornelis de Bailleur (Antwerp 1607-1671)
The Adoration of the Christ Child
oil on copper
29.8 x 23.6cm (11 3/4 x 9 5/16in).
A painter and dealer, like his father Louis de Bailleur, Cornelis specialised in religious subjects as well as the representations of 'Interieurs de Cabinet'.
Numerous similar versions of the present composition are known. Several, like the present work, show only the Dove of the Holy Spirit upper centre (such as Sotheby's, Amsterdam, 22 May 1990, lot 129, and Phillips, London, 29 October 2001, lot 49) and others also include God the Father, upper centre, (such as Christie's, London, 5 July 1996, lot 344 and with Galleria Luigi Caretto, Turin, December 2000).