Property from the Collection of Dr Hinrich Bischoff, Sold Without Reserve
Flemish School, 17th century, after Marcus Gheeraerts the Elder
Flemish School, 17th century, after Marcus Gheeraerts the Elder
No reserve
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December 4, 01:51 PM GMT
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3,000 - 5,000 GBP
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Property from the Collection of Dr Hinrich Bischoff, Sold Without Reserve
Flemish School, 17th century, after Marcus Gheeraerts
The stag and his antlers; The lion and the mouse
a pair, both oil on copper
each unframed: 10.3 x 18.5 cm.; 4 x 7¼ in.
framed: 23.1 x 31.4 cm.; 9⅛ x 12⅜ in.
(2)
Anonymous sale, London, Christie's, 2 May 1980, lot 97 (as follower of Paul Bril);
With Bob Haboldt, New York, by 1989 (as Marten Rijckaert);
Dr Hinrich Bischoff (1936–2005), by 1993;
Thence by inheritance.
Cologne, Wallraf-Richartz Museum, on loan until March 2025.
J. Rees, in Das Kabinett des Sammlers. Gemälde vom XV. bis XVIII. Jahrhundert, E. Mai (ed.), Cologne 1993, pp. 2–4, nos 1 and 2, reproduced in colour (as anonymous Flemish artist).
In the sixteenth century, the illustrations of Marcus Gheeraerts the Elder (c. 1520–c. 1590) were among the most popular representations of Aesop's fables. These charming coppers have been considered the only known painted realisations of Gheeraerts's designs.1
1 Rees 1993, p. 2.
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