Willem Bartsius

An old woman weighing gold, or Allegory of Avarice



Willem Bartsius - An old woman weighing gold, or Allegory of Avarice



Willem Bartsius
An old woman weighing gold, or Allegory of Avarice
55.4 x 47.5 cm
Oil on canvas
Signed 'W[...] BAHR[?] f.' (lower left, on the chair) and with signature 'G DOU' (centre right, on the money box)
Sale Christie's, London, 6 July 2018


Provenance

Friedrich Wilhelm (1682-1719), 1st Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg- Beck, and by descent to
Maria Anna Leopoldina (1717-1789), Princess of Schleswig-Holstein- Sonderburg-Beck, and by descent to
Alexandre de Sousa e Holstein (1751-1803), Count of Sanfré, Turin, and by descent to
Pedro de Sousa Holstein (1781-1850), 1st Duke of Palmela, Turin and Lisbon, and by descent to the present owner
sale Christie's, London, 6 July 2018, nr. 169

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