Lot 28
Mercury and Venus
oil on canvas
160 x 229.3cm (175.8 x 246cm framed)
Estimate $20,000 - $40,000
Central Picture Galleries, New York, there purchased in 1954
Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., New York, his posthumous sale,
Sotheby's, New York, The Estate of Walter P. Chrysler Jr - Old Master and 19th Century Paintings, 1 June 1989, lot 76
where presumably purchased by Robert Compton Jones (accompanied by a copy of the auction catalogue)
On loan to the Chrysler Museum at Norfolk, USA, September 1975
Old Master Paintings from the Robert Compton Jones Collection
AUCTION
Sale: LJ8812
6:00pm - 8 December 2025
36-40 Queen Street, Woollahra
VIEWING
MELB: Friday 21 - Sunday 23 November (Highlights), 10am-4pm, 2 Oxley Rd, Hawthorn, VIC
SYD: Friday 5 - Sunday 7 December, 10am-4pm, The Bond, 36-40 Queen St, Woollahra, NSW
CONTACT
Madeleine Mackenzie
sydney@leonardjoel.com.au
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