Lot no. 3018
*SPRANGER, BARTHOLOMAEUS
(Antwerp 1546 - 1611 Prague)
Allegory of the Triumph of the Habsburg Empire over the Turks.
Oil on panel. 165 x 104 cm.
Provenance:
- probably from the gallery of Rudolph II.
- probably brought to Sweden in 1648 as war booty.
- Harry Wahlin, Stockholm.
- Nils Rapp, Stockholm.
- Christie's, London, 17. 07. 1981, Lot 46.
- Acquired at the above by the current owner, private collection Germany.
Exhibited:
Münster, Stadtmuseum, Münster, Vienna and die Türken, 1983, No 54, with ill.
Essen 1988, Prague circa 1600, Kunst und Kultur am Hofe Rudolfs II., No 163, with ill, as Bartholomäus Spranger.
Prague, Prager Burg, Rudolph II and Prague, 1997, No 1.95, with ill.
Regensburg, Bavaria, Germania, Europa, 2000, No 24.3.
Pictures credits: Contact organization
Drawings, watercolours and pastels
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