CORNELIS VAN HAARLEM (attr. to) (Haarlem, 1562 - 1638?) The Allegory of Love Oil on canvas, 78X104 cm Van Haarlem treated this theme on at least three other occasions during his youthful activity, one of which is preserved at the Staatliche Kunstammlungen in Dresden (1594), another which appeared at Christie's in London on 8 December 2009, lot 6 (1594)- and a third (1597) which is listed by van Thiel. Reference bibliography: P. van Thiel, Cornelis Cornelisz van Haarlem, Doornspijk 1999, pp. 116, 377, nos. 216-219