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Lot 1233 Dα

Flemish School, early 17th Century - THE FLIGHT INTO EGYPT

Auction 987 - overview Cologne
19.11.2011, 00:00 - Old Masters
Estimate: 10.000 € - 15.000 €
Result: 16.940 € (incl. premium)

Flemish School, early 17th Century

THE FLIGHT INTO EGYPT

Oil on panel (parquetted). 50,5 x 66 cm.

The various attributions that this painting received in the course of time were finally not convincing. However, the important artists being considered speak for its quality. Possibly, figures and landscape were created by different painters, as was already suspected by Sotheby's in 1999. At that time, this landscape was attributed to Cornelis Molenaer.

Provenance

>>> Leon Hirsch Collection, New York (his sale, New York 28.1.1914 as J. Brueghel). - Museum Montclair, New Jersey. - Christie´s, New York 10.1.1990 (as circle of Sebastian Vrancx). - Christie´s, London 1997 (as Gillis Mostaert). - Sotheby´s, Amsterdam 1999 (as Gillis Mostaert). - Private colletion, Belgium.