Lot n° 133
Estimation :
8000 - 10000
EUR
Nicolas VLEUGHELS (1668 - 1737) - Lot 133
Nicolas VLEUGHELS (1668 - 1737)
King Solomon sacrificing to idols
Canvas
Height : 38 cm
Width : 52.5 cm
Monogrammed lower left and dated 1721
Engraved by Edme Jeaurat in 1723.
Bibliography: Mariette, 1774, 35/151; 1856, Le Blanc T.II, n°3 p. 425: "The number of characters, the variety of their
their occupations, make this one of Vleughels' most important works?
Bernard Hercenberg , Nicolas Vleughels, directeur de l'Académie de France à Rome, 1975, cat. no. 93 (lost), for the engraving
engraving fig. 100.
The kneeling figure on the left, holding a basin, is to be found in a drawing known only from a counterprint
proof (Hercenberg cat. N° 312 fig. 48); this figure is also found in the Nativity of the Virgin, engraved in 1717.
The composition has sometimes been confused with the Salomon et la reine de Saba painted for the king.
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