Gaspar de Crayer
(Antwerp 1584–1669 Ghent) The hermit saints Antony Abbot and Paul in conversation, with a raven bringing them both bread (after St. Jerome, Vita S. Pauli and Jacobus de Voragine, Legenda Aurea), oil on canvas, 87 x 175 cm, framed,
Provenance: Belgian private collection.
We are grateful to Drs. Jan Kosten of the RKD, The Hague, who has confirmed that this painting is an authentic work by Gaspar de Crayer. He compares it with two further variants of this subject, which are both to be found in the Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts in Brussels. Gaspar de Crayer was a gifted and productive history and portrait painter from the Rubens school. He specialised in large figural compositions in the spirit of the early Antwerper Baroque.
Provenance: Belgian private collection. We are grateful to Drs. Jan Kosten of the RKD, The Hague, who has confirmed that this painting is an authentic work by Gaspar de Crayer. He compares it with two further variants of this subject, which are both to be
Specialist: Dr. Alexander Strasoldo
Dr. Alexander Strasoldo
+43-1-515 60-556
old.masters@dorotheum.com
21.04.2010 - 18:00
- Estimate:
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EUR 30,000.- to EUR 40,000.-
Gaspar de Crayer
(Antwerp 1584–1669 Ghent) The hermit saints Antony Abbot and Paul in conversation, with a raven bringing them both bread (after St. Jerome, Vita S. Pauli and Jacobus de Voragine, Legenda Aurea), oil on canvas, 87 x 175 cm, framed,
Provenance: Belgian private collection.
We are grateful to Drs. Jan Kosten of the RKD, The Hague, who has confirmed that this painting is an authentic work by Gaspar de Crayer. He compares it with two further variants of this subject, which are both to be found in the Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts in Brussels. Gaspar de Crayer was a gifted and productive history and portrait painter from the Rubens school. He specialised in large figural compositions in the spirit of the early Antwerper Baroque.
Provenance: Belgian private collection. We are grateful to Drs. Jan Kosten of the RKD, The Hague, who has confirmed that this painting is an authentic work by Gaspar de Crayer. He compares it with two further variants of this subject, which are both to be
Specialist: Dr. Alexander Strasoldo
Dr. Alexander Strasoldo
+43-1-515 60-556
old.masters@dorotheum.com
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Auction: | Old Master Paintings |
Auction type: | Saleroom auction |
Date: | 21.04.2010 - 18:00 |
Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
Exhibition: | 10.04. - 21.04.2010 |