Ventes d'œuvres le 1816.02.16

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  • 1816.02.16/ maison de ventes : Dyson & Freeman. Vente de l'œuvre décrite comme [[The judgment of Midas. This picture was painted as a satire on the bad taste of a court to which he had been invited, and when the works of an inferior artist had been preferred. The principal figures are portraits of several personages of the court, and himself performing on a violin in the robes of a doctor of music. He was the instructor of Rembrandt, and considered the first painter of his time. The coloring rich, the attitudes fine; 'tis in its pristine purity, and has heretofore been distinguished as the chief ornament of a gallery from which it was torn during the troubles there (Lastman -- 1616)|The judgment of Midas. This picture was painted as a satire on the bad taste of a court to which he had been invited, and when the works of an inferior artist had been preferred. The principal figures are portraits of several personages of the court, and himself performing on a violin in the robes of a doctor of music. He was the instructor of Rembrandt, and considered the first painter of his time. The coloring rich, the attitudes fine; 'tis in its pristine purity, and has heretofore been distinguished as the chief ornament of a gallery from which it was torn during the troubles there]] réalisée par Lastman -- 1616. [68]