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Lot 20

After Maarten de Vos, Flemish 1532-1603-  Cyrus Maior;  oil on canvas, 100 x 122 cm. 

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Lot 20

After Maarten de Vos, 
Flemish 1532-1603- 
Cyrus Maior; 
oil on canvas, 100 x 122 cm. 

Price Realised: £1,115

Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500

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Lot 20

Description

After Maarten de Vos, 
Flemish 1532-1603- 

Cyrus Maior; 

oil on canvas, 100 x 122 cm. 

Provenance: 
Purchased by the father of the present owner, in London, 1960s; 
By descent. 
Anon. sale, Sotheby's, London, 29 April 2010, lot 185. 

Note: 
The present work depicts the warrior Cyrus the Great, King of Persia (c.600-530 BC) in armour and on horseback, bearing a standard depicting a ram. It is a striking, very early copy of a composition by de Vos, which was reproduced as an engraving by Adriaen Collaert (1560-1618), as part of a series of 'Four Illustrious Rulers of Antiquity' [see British Museum no.1948,0410.4.58]. 

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The buyer shall pay the hammer price together with a premium thereon of 26% up to £20,000 (31.2% inclusive of VAT), 25% from £20,001 - £500,000 (30% inclusive of VAT), 20% from £500,001 thereafter (24% inclusive of VAT). The premium price is subject to VAT at the standard rate.

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