Ventes d'œuvres le 1808.04.30

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  • 1808.04.30/ maison de ventes : Christie's. Vente de l'œuvre décrite comme [[The Horrors of War -- an allegorical and truly poetical Composition, in which the fruitful genius of Rubens is particularly characterised. Mars quitting the Temple of Janus and drawn to battle by the fury Alecto, resists the entreaties of Venus: Pestilence and Famine are his harbingers, Architecture and Harmony are overturned before him, Books and Drawings representing the fine Arts, are trampled under his feet, whilst Europe with disordered Garments and dishevelled Hair bewails the outrage to which she is exposed. -- This is the same Picture which Lord Orford mentions to have been in the Collection of Charles the First (Rubens)|The Horrors of War -- an allegorical and truly poetical Composition, in which the fruitful genius of Rubens is particularly characterised. Mars quitting the Temple of Janus and drawn to battle by the fury Alecto, resists the entreaties of Venus: Pestilence and Famine are his harbingers, Architecture and Harmony are overturned before him, Books and Drawings representing the fine Arts, are trampled under his feet, whilst Europe with disordered Garments and dishevelled Hair bewails the outrage to which she is exposed. -- This is the same Picture which Lord Orford mentions to have been in the Collection of Charles the First]] réalisée par Rubens, vendue par [[[Hans Busk ?]]]. [105]