Cornelis Engebrechtsz, attributed to - Saint Barbara and Saint Catherine - image-1
Cornelis Engebrechtsz, attributed to - Saint Barbara and Saint Catherine - image-2
Cornelis Engebrechtsz, attributed to - Saint Barbara and Saint Catherine - image-1Cornelis Engebrechtsz, attributed to - Saint Barbara and Saint Catherine - image-2

Lot 1018 Dα

Cornelis Engebrechtsz, attributed to - Saint Barbara and Saint Catherine

Auction 1029 - overview Cologne
17.05.2014, 11:00 - The Hofstätter Collection
Estimate: 80.000 € - 100.000 €
Result: 109.800 € (incl. premium)

Cornelis Engebrechtsz, attributed to

Saint Barbara and Saint Catherine

Oil on panel. each 75.5 x 23.5 cm.

Cornelisz Engebrechtsen's career is closely linked to the town of Leyden, where he was born and later died in 1533. He is primarily renowned for founding something similar to a "school of Leyden", and his most significant pupil and follower was Lucas van Leyden.
Although little is known about his early work, his later pieces from after 1500 display a penchant for opulent costumes, and his slim figures with their fine features and hands show unmistakeable elegance. Also typical of his style is the delicate diffusion of colour into bright and shimmering hues.
All of these stylistic characteristics can be observed in the present two panels, which probably originally formed the wings of a triptych. The saints occupy almost the entirety of the image, with just a thin stip of landscape visible in the upper section, a motif found in other works by this artist, such as the outer panels of an altarpiece in the Leiden Museum (M. Friedländer, no. 71).

Provenance

Phillips, London 7.2.1996, lot 56.