Lot 1524
JAN BOECKHORST (1604-1668)
A PERSONIFICATION OF `ASIA`
The figure wearing a turban and holding a censer, oil on canvas
33 x 26.5cm.
* Boeckhorst studied under Jacob Jordaens (1593-1678) and collaborated with Jordaens, Rubens (1577-1640) and Frans Snyders (1579-1657) in Antwerp. This subject is a variant from a suite by Boeckhorst depicting the Continents, formerly in the collection of the Duke of Rutland.