b&w print
Very good.
Picture of bust of Cybele (a Phrygian goddess of nature and fertility) surrounded by flowers. The flowers are painted by Daniel Seghers.
From Burke-Gaffney fonds: research. Written on reverse: 'D. Seghers Garland of flowers with Sybille Signed below right: D.Seghers soc.HS Jesu 1644 87.5 x 59.8cm copper'. A number of museum stamps are on the reverse. Accompanying note reads: 'V Garland of flowers Cybelle, in the Boymans-van Beuningen Museum, Rotterdam, signed and dated by Daniel Seghers 1644. The Cybele is a much later addition, by an unknown artist. (Photo courtesy of Boymans-van Beuningen Museum)'.
Date Catalogued: 3/10/1998