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Gouache on vellum with gold framing lines, laid down on panel, 110 x 150 mm (4.33 x 5.91 in). Signed on the gold border lower left „Brentel.“, with the typically point behind. Around 1620/30.
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Ovid, Metamorphoses, 4, 663-752.
Provenance: Private collection southern Germany at least since the 19th Century. As the property of a family, which descend from aristocracy. Thence by descent to the present owner
We are grateful for the assistance from: Katherine Coombs, Curator Paintings, Victoria and Albert Museum, London; Dr. Dorit Schäfer, Curator Drawings and Prints, Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe; Dr. Eva Leistenschneider, Curator Old Collection, Museum Ulm; Dr. Anny-Claire Haus, Conservateur Cabinet des Estampes et des Dessins, Musées de Strasbourg.
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