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Un tableau de Willem de Poorter acquis par The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center

Willem de Poorter (1608 – après 1649/1651)
Le Grand Prêtre Coresus se sacrifiant
pour sauver Callirhoe
, 1635
Huile sur panneau - 69,5 x 45,5 cm
Poughkeepsie, The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center
Photo : Haboldt Gallery
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26/8/14 - Acquisition - Poughkeepsie, The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center - Rendue célèbre par Fragonard, l’histoire de Corésus et de Callirhoé est rarement représentée au XVIIe siècle et encore moins dans la peinture néerlandaise. Seul Willem de Poorter illustra ce sujet tiré de la Description de la Grèce de Pausanias (VII, 21, 1-5) dans un tableau acheté par The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center à la galerie Haboldt lors de la TEFAF 2014. L’œuvre, qui était passée par la collection du comte Joseph Truchsess [1] au XIXe siècle, a…

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