Adam van Noort - The Virgin and Child - image-1

Lot 1035 Dα

Adam van Noort - The Virgin and Child

Auction 1108 - overview Cologne
16.05.2018, 11:00 - Old Master Paintings and Drawings, Sculpture
Estimate: 15.000 € - 20.000 €
Result: 18.600 € (incl. premium)
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Adam van Noort

The Virgin and Child

Oil on panel (parquetted). 80 x 57 cm.

Adam van Noort was the teacher of Peter Paul Rubens and father-in-law of Jacob Jordaens. He joined the Antwerp Guild of St. Luke as a master in 1587. Whereas he often treated mythological and allegorical themes in his works on paper and prints, his paintings comprise only religious subjects. The present work shows the Virgin and Child embracing, with the Christ's crib placed prominently in the foreground. Saint John is depicted with a donkey in the background amid overgrown ruins, completing the holy family.
This work is registered in the database of the Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie (RKD) in The Hague under the no. 7472 as an authentic work of Adam van Noort.

Provenance

Galerie Jacques Goudstikker (1897-1940), Amsterdam (gallery label and red varnish seal to verso). - Purchased by a private collector prior to 1929, by descent to Cecile Kahn. - Auctioned by Sotheby's, New York, 11.1.1996, lot 191. - Private collection, USA (Florida).