Null Floris de Vriendt, Frans
1564 Gorichem/Netherlands - 1651 Utrecht. Oil on c…
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Floris de Vriendt, Frans 1564 Gorichem/Netherlands - 1651 Utrecht. Oil on canvas. Allegory of fertility. Venus is seated in the center flanked by Ceres adorned with ears of corn and Bacchus holding grapes. In front a putto reaching for the grapes. (Doubl., color fading, craquelure, abrasions). 100 x 99 cm. An expertise by Dr. Heinrich Zimmermann, Berlin 1948, attributes the painting to Floris de Vriendt.

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Floris de Vriendt, Frans 1564 Gorichem/Netherlands - 1651 Utrecht. Oil on canvas. Allegory of fertility. Venus is seated in the center flanked by Ceres adorned with ears of corn and Bacchus holding grapes. In front a putto reaching for the grapes. (Doubl., color fading, craquelure, abrasions). 100 x 99 cm. An expertise by Dr. Heinrich Zimmermann, Berlin 1948, attributes the painting to Floris de Vriendt.

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