Sale: 363 / Old Masters and 19th Century, April 23. 2010 in Munich Lot 29

 
Gaspard Dughet - Nachfolge - Merkur erblickt Herse


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Gaspard Dughet
Nachfolge - Merkur erblickt Herse
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 3,000 / $ 3,210
Sold:
€ 3,416 / $ 3,655

(incl. surcharge)

Oil on canvas, laid on wood
95 x 125 cm (37,4 x 49,2 in)

The depicted scene is an episode from Ovid's II. Book of Metamorphoses, in which the flying god Mercury beholds the king's daughter Herse, who carries oblations to the tempel of Athena together with her companions. He passionately yearns for her. [CM].




29
Gaspard Dughet
Nachfolge - Merkur erblickt Herse
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 3,000 / $ 3,210
Sold:
€ 3,416 / $ 3,655

(incl. surcharge)