Lot 134: Ottmar Elliger II (Hamburg 1666-1735 St. Petersburg)

The Banquet of Cleopatra with initials and date '16 GL 68' (GL linked, lower right) oil on canvas 231/2 x 281/2 (60 x 72.5 cm.) PROVENANCE Peltzer Collection, Aix-la-Chapelle, purchased from the Kuhms Museum. Sale, Antwerp (according to the label on the reverse). Ruys-Orban Collection, LiŠge (according to the label on the reverse). Desoer-Orban Collection (according to the label on the reverse). With L‚on Seyffers, Brussels. NOTES The picture may be compared with the Achilles discovered amongst the daughters of King Lycomedes and the Dance of Salome by Elliger in the Hermitage, St. Petersburg.