Frans Badens, Venus And Adonis

FRANS BADENS
VENUS AND ADONIS

FRANS BADENS
Antwerp 1571 –1618 Amsterdam
Oil on panel
91 x 121.5 cm / 35.8 x 47.6 in

PROVENANCE
Stockholm, collection of Per Bring, adlad Lagerbring (Bring Lagerbring) (1732-1799), whose collection was bought in its entirety by David Hendrik Hildebrand (1712-1791);
Ericsbergs slot, Katrineholm, Sweden, collection of David Hendrik Hildebrand (1712-1791);
Ericsbergs slot, Katrineholm, Sweden, collection of Agneta Sofia Hildebrand who was married to Baron Carl Göran Bonde (1757-1840);
Ericsbergs slot, Katrineholm, Sweden, collection of Baron Carl Göran Bonde (1757-1840) and by descent at Ericsberg till 2006;
Sotheby's, London, Old Master Paintings Day, 6 July 2006, lot 141 (as Attributed to Pieter Fransz. Isaacsz, Mars and Venus with cupid).
Copenhagen, private collection (as Pieter Isaacsz, attributed to, Mars and Venus with cupid).

LITERATURE
Inventaire General Des Tresors d'Art, Peintures Et Sculptures, Principalement de Maitres Etrangers (Non Scandinaves) En Suede, Vol. 3, Stockholm 1913, p.83, PL 19