- 107
Alexander Keirinckx
Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 GBP
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Description
- Alexander Keirinckx
- Travellers on a forest path
- signed lower centre on the fallen tree: . J . KERINS . f (?)
- oil on oak panel, the reverse with brand of the City of Antwerp (partly covered), and maker's mark: VC(?)O
- 43cm by 56.5cm
Provenance
With Galerie de Heuvel, Brussels.
Exhibited
Brussels, Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Exposition rétrospective du paysage flamand (XVIe, XVIIe, XIIIe siècles), 1926, no. 166;
Tokyo, Tobu Museum of Art, The World of Bruegel. The Coppée Collection and Eleven International Museums, 29 March – 25 June 1995, no. F18.
Tokyo, Tobu Museum of Art, The World of Bruegel. The Coppée Collection and Eleven International Museums, 29 March – 25 June 1995, no. F18.
Literature
S. Leclercq et al., La Collection Coppée, Liège 1991, pp. 104–05, reproduced;
M. Wilmott, in the exhibition catalogue The World of Bruegel. The Coppée Collection and Eleven International Museums, Tokyo 1995, p. 187, cat. no. F18, reproduced p. 189.
M. Wilmott, in the exhibition catalogue The World of Bruegel. The Coppée Collection and Eleven International Museums, Tokyo 1995, p. 187, cat. no. F18, reproduced p. 189.
Condition
The panel is uncradled and stable. The paint layer is in excellent overall condition, with only one or two tiny losses. The varnish is now discoloured and the central panel join is now visible on the left side. Little, or no, restoration is visible. The picture is in excellent condition.
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"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
The presence of the Antwerp brand on the reverse of the panel would indicate that this painting is an early work by Keirinckx, painted during his Antwerp period, prior to his departure for England in 1625. A comparable panel from this period, which is signed and dated 1621 and uses the same compositional arrangement of thick woodland facing a single sapling across a path, is in the Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum, Braunschweig (inv. no. 182).