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Frans Floris de Vriendt, Cup of Ceres, 16th-Century, Oil on Canvas, Framed

Code: AB-112131

Dimensions:W: 59.1cm  (23.3")H: 59.1cm  (23.3")D: 44.1cm  (17.4")

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Frans Floris de Vriendt - Flemish painter ( 1517 - Antwerp 1570g). Member of the Guild of St. Luke in Antwerp. The mythological scene "Cup of Ceres". Frans Floris de Vriendt. A triangular composition of two women and a faun unfolding towards them is complemented by a cupid and a servant with fruits. In the center of the triangle is a transparent vessel, compositional and semantic center. Its symbolic content, probably the spirit of love and life, is transmitted and gratefully received. The line of gifts produces a perpendicular diagonal of the axis gifts. That combines the material and spiritual principles of gifts. Provenance : The first mention of work was noted in 1618 with inventory number 484 in one of Munich's private residences as the work of the Tizian-Werkstatt seminary. In 1792, mention of the acquisition of a painting from Kurfürst Carl Theodor for the Bavarian State Assembly of Painting with inventory number 10390. Attribution : Copy of Dr. Ernst Wengenmayer, Munich December 7, 1962 Authenticity of the painting was carried out, authorship of the Flemish painter was revealed: Frans Floris de Vriendt less

Materials : Wood
Condition : Unknown, Some Imperfections