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Jacob de Backer Rediscovered

Result EUR500,000
Published on , by Sophie Reyssat
Auction on 14 June 2020 - 14:30 (CEST) - 3, impasse des Chevau-Légers - 78000 Versailles

With this Susanna, the 16th-century painter mingles Flemish realism with Italian elegance.

Jacob de Backer (around 1540-1585), Susanna and the Elders, panel, 124 x 167 cm,... Jacob de Backer Rediscovered

Jacob de Backer (around 1540-1585), Susanna and the Elders, panel, 124 x 167 cm, framed in carved gilt wood worked in south-west France during the Louis XIV period.
Result: €500,000

The rarity of works by Jacob de Backer, the quality of this painting and its debut on the market explained why it caused a fierce battle up to five times its estimate.…
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