Lot 135: Attributed to Hendrik van der Borcht (Brussels 1583-1651 Frankfurt)

Attributed to Hendrik van der Borcht (Brussels 1583-1651 Frankfurt)
The Golden Age
oil on panel
29 5/8 x 40¼ in. (75.3 x 102.2 cm.)

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This painting derives from Abraham Bloemaert's celebrated Golden Age, which exists in a drawing of 1603 (Frankfurt) and an engraving by Nicolaes de Bruyn of 1604. There is no surviving corresponding original in oil by the artist. Bloemaert's print was the most ambitious treatment of the subject at this date.
Sold with a copy of a certificate from Professor Justus Müller Hofstede (8 July 1989) proposing the attribution to Hendrik van der Borcht in full.