Set Reminder2021-07-10 11:00:002021-07-10 11:00:00America/New_YorkBidsquareBidsquare : Splendor | Part One - Day 2 https://www.bidsquare.com/auctions/thomaston-place/splendor-part-one---day-2-7113 The first of two "splendor-filled" Summer Auction Weekends scheduled for July and August. Part One (July) - Day 2 presents fine art, from Old Masters to contemporary artists, plus furniture, Asian arts and decorative items.Thomaston Place Auction Galleries info@thomastonauction.com
"Vanitas", oil on linen, depicting a beautiful young woman admiring her jewelry in a mirror, turning to an angel that has appeared at her shoulder, offering her a posy while pointing to the sunset outside her window. A cherub plays with her puppy in the foreground. Housed in a hand carved gilt frame, OS: 23 1/2" x 19 3/4", SS: 17 1/2" x 12 3/4". Relined. Provenance: From the collection of Howard Hibbard (1928-1984), Professor of Italian Baroque Art at Columbia University, Slade Professor of Fine Art at the University of Oxford.