Property removed from Delbeke House, Antwerp
Gillis Mostaert and Cornelis Molenaer
Scenes from the life of Jacob in the Book of Genesis: Jacob wrestling the Angel; Jacob removing the stone from the well to water Laban's sheep; and The Dream of Jacob's Ladder
Lot Closed
May 18, 04:20 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property removed from Delbeke House, Antwerp
Gillis Mostaert
(Hulst circa 1528/9 - 1598 Antwerp)
and
Cornelis Molenaer
(Antwerp circa 1540 - 1589)
Scenes from the life of Jacob in the Book of Genesis: Jacob wrestling the Angel; Jacob removing the stone from the well to water Laban's sheep; and The Dream of Jacob's Ladder
oil on oak panel
unframed: 106.7 x 202.3 cm.; 42 x 79 5/8 in.
framed: 130.4 x 225.3 cm.; 51 3/8 x 88 3/4 in.
We are grateful to Jan de Maere who, based on digital images, proposes that the figures were painted by Gillis Mostaert and the landscape by Cornelis Molenaer.
A comparable collaboration between these two artists depicting the Sermon of Saint John (oil on panel, 107 x 141 cm.) is in the National Museum, Warsaw.1