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Lot 55

Follower of Adam Elsheimer, German 1578-1610-  Christ and the Woman of Samaria;  oil on copper,...

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Lot 55

Follower of Adam Elsheimer, 
German 1578-1610- 
Christ and the Woman of Samaria; 
oil on copper,...

Price Realised: £341

Estimate: £300 - £500

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Lot 55

Description

Follower of Adam Elsheimer, 
German 1578-1610- 

Christ and the Woman of Samaria; 

oil on copper, 30.5 x 25.9 cm. 

Provenance: 
Anon. sale, Christie's, London, 14 October 1988, lot 100 (as 'Circle of William Kent'). 
Private Collection, UK. 

Note: 
The present work recalls Elsheimer's small-scale, delicately painted oils on copper, often depicting Biblical stories with figures in brightly-coloured robes in an Italianate landscape. Indeed, this composition is reminiscent of a small oil on copper by Elsheimer which sold at Lempertz, Cologne, on 20 May 2023, lot 2505, and his depiction of 'Saint Lawrence prepared for Martyrdom' in London's National Gallery [NG1014], particularly in the sensitively-painted drapery. 
This scene is taken from the Gospel of John, in which a Samarian woman recounts her conversation with Christ at Jacob's Well, which leads her to convert and spread the news of Christ's divinity to her neighbours. 

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