Lot 4: ATTRIBUTED TO DANIËL MIJTENS THE YOUNGER

ATTRIBUTED TO DANIËL MIJTENS THE YOUNGER THE HAGUE 1644 - 1688 DANAË oil on canvas 72 1/2 by 56 5/8 in.; 183.5 by 143.3 cm.

We are grateful to Dr. Jan Kosten of the Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie, The Hague for suggesting the attribution to Daniël Mijtens the Younger, based on photographs.

This composition is very close to a work formerly in the collection of the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Dresden (destroyed during World War II). That painting was formerly thought to be a work by Anthony van Dyck, but is now considered to have been painted by a follower. The present painting differs from the Dresden picture in the design of the lower part of the bed and the addition of a second putto.