Antwerp School, circa 1540/1550 - SAINT MARY MAGDALENE - image-1

Lot 1013 Dα

Antwerp School, circa 1540/1550 - SAINT MARY MAGDALENE

Auction 1010 - overview Cologne
11.05.2013, 11:00 - Old Masters & 19th Century
Estimate: 10.000 € - 12.000 €
Result: 32.940 € (incl. premium)

Antwerp School, circa 1540/1550

SAINT MARY MAGDALENE

Oil on panel. 67.5 x 53 cm.

The half-length figure of the saint in front of a crucifix wearing only a transparent veil. The concept indicates an Antwerp workshop from the circle of Jan Massys.

Provenance

Private collection, North Germany.

Literature

For similar Antwerp paintings of this period cf. Max J. Friedländer: Die altniederländische Malerei. vol. 7. Quentin Massys, Leiden 1934, p. 132, no. 100, plate LXIX.