Lot No. 91 -


Jan Erasmus Quellinus


Jan Erasmus Quellinus - Master Drawings, Prints before 1900, Watercolours, Miniatures

(Antwerp 1634-1715 Mechelen)
The last supper, signed and dated "Quellinus Pict(or) / Caes.(are) Maj.(estatis) F. / A. 1689", brush and brown ink, watercolour, heightened with white, over pencil, ln brownish paper, 68 x 43,5 cm, mounted, framed, (Sch)

Provenance:
European private collection.

The attribution to Jan Erasmus Quellinus was confirmed by Prof. Hans Vlieghe, Dr. Jean Pierre de Bruyn and Dr. Yvonne Bleyerveld independently from each other by means of a high-resolution digital photograph. The present drawing is a design for an altar painting with “The Last Supper” on the high altar of the church Onze Lieve Vrouw over de Dijle in Mechelen (1690). The large format and the fine and detailed execution of the sheet which differs in a few details from the final composition may suggest that the present drawing may have been a presentation sheet for the patron(s) of the painting.

Specialist: Mag. Astrid-Christina Schierz Mag. Astrid-Christina Schierz
+43-1-515 60-546

astrid.schierz@dorotheum.at

22.04.2021 - 15:17

Realized price: **
EUR 11,008.-
Estimate:
EUR 10,000.- to EUR 15,000.-
Starting bid:
EUR 8,000.-

Jan Erasmus Quellinus


(Antwerp 1634-1715 Mechelen)
The last supper, signed and dated "Quellinus Pict(or) / Caes.(are) Maj.(estatis) F. / A. 1689", brush and brown ink, watercolour, heightened with white, over pencil, ln brownish paper, 68 x 43,5 cm, mounted, framed, (Sch)

Provenance:
European private collection.

The attribution to Jan Erasmus Quellinus was confirmed by Prof. Hans Vlieghe, Dr. Jean Pierre de Bruyn and Dr. Yvonne Bleyerveld independently from each other by means of a high-resolution digital photograph. The present drawing is a design for an altar painting with “The Last Supper” on the high altar of the church Onze Lieve Vrouw over de Dijle in Mechelen (1690). The large format and the fine and detailed execution of the sheet which differs in a few details from the final composition may suggest that the present drawing may have been a presentation sheet for the patron(s) of the painting.

Specialist: Mag. Astrid-Christina Schierz Mag. Astrid-Christina Schierz
+43-1-515 60-546

astrid.schierz@dorotheum.at


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Auction: Master Drawings, Prints before 1900, Watercolours, Miniatures
Auction type: Online auction
Date: 22.04.2021 - 15:17
Location: Vienna | Palais Dorotheum
Exhibition: online


** Purchase price incl. buyer's premium and VAT(Country of delivery: Austria)

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