Marquis de Lagoy's Rubens Drawing up for Sale
March 8 2021
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Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
An intriguing drawing by Peter Paul Rubens is coming up from sale in Paris later this month. The work is being sold from the collection of the Marquis de Lagoy. It depicts a frontispiece designed by Rubens for the mathematician Franciscus Aguilonius's book l'Opticorum Libri Sex (c.1613). It depicts an allegorical scene of scholar, burdened by a heavy armillary sphere, being assisted by a group of putti.
The drawing will be sold on 26th March 2021 carrying an estimate of €200,000 - €300,000.
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