A Beautiful Offering for the Gods of Olympus

Result EUR369,000

Published on 12 July 2019, by Philippe Dufour

Auction on 04 July 2019 - 14:30 (CEST) - 19, rue des Salins - 63000 Clermont-Ferrand

These Greco-Roman divinities could proudly look down from their peaks. This seduction scene by Theodoor Rombouts fetched four times the initial estimate.

Attributed to Theodoor Rombouts (1597-1637), Mars, Vénus, Bacchus et Mercure (Mars,... A Beautiful Offering for the Gods of Olympus

Attributed to Theodoor Rombouts (1597-1637), Mars, Vénus, Bacchus et Mercure (Mars, Venus, Bacchus and Mercury), oil on canvas, 156 x 247 cm. Result: €369,000

This painting of Cupid spying on Mars, Venus, Bacchus and Mercury changed hands in Clermont-Ferrand for €369,000, breaking the record for a work by the…

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Thursday 04 July 2019 - 14:30 (CEST)

19, rue des Salins - 63000 Clermont-Ferrand

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