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An allegory of War or Mars Destroying the Arts
(Michael Sweerts)

Measurements
67.5x50.5 cm
Type
Oil on canvas
Literature

M. Waddingham, ‘Recently Discovered Paintings by Sweerts’, Apollo, CXVIII (1983), pp. 281-3, ill.

The Matthiesen Gallery, Baroque III 1620-1700, 1986, pp. 107-110, ill.

Where is It?
Private Collection
Historical Period
Baroque - 1600-1720
Subject
Allegory
School
Netherlandish - Dutch
Catalogue
1986-Baroque III: 1620 - 1700.
An exhibition in memory of Sir Ellis Waterhouse and on behalf of The National Art-Collections Fund. Introduction by Sir Peter Wakefield. Essays by Francis Haskell, Cecil Gould, Francis Russell, Charles McCorquodale and Craig Felton. 152 pages, 15 colour plates, 30 black and white illustrations. £15 or $23 inc. p.& p.

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