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Adriaen Thomasz. Key Antwerp (?) circa 1544 - after 1589
Estimate
35,000 - 45,000 EUR
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Description
- Adriaen Thomasz. Key
- mary magdalene
- oil on panel, in a tortoise-shell veneer frame
Provenance
Dr. Hans Wetzlar, Amsterdam, by 1963 (but probably acquired after 1952, since not in his catalogue of that year),
His deceased's sale, Amsterdam, Sotheby Mak van Waay, 9 June 1977, lot 120 (as Frans Floris), for 21,000 Guilders to Verhaegen.
His deceased's sale, Amsterdam, Sotheby Mak van Waay, 9 June 1977, lot 120 (as Frans Floris), for 21,000 Guilders to Verhaegen.
Exhibited
Laren, Singer Museum, Modernen van Toen 1570-1630: Vlaamse Schilderkunst en haar invloed, 15 June - 1 September 1963, (ex- catalogue; as Frans Floris).
Catalogue Note
This painting is an important addition to the oeuvre of Adriaen Thomas Key. Key is mainly known for his portraits, and only a few history scenes are recorded. Nonetheless, this head can be compared to that of the Virgin in a monogrammed Holy Family by the artist in the John G. Johnson collection, now in the Philadelphia Museum of Art (inv. no. 430). The position of the Virgin's head, in reverse, as well as the use of light and shade is exactly the same as in the present painting. In style and subject matter, Key was almost certainly influenced in this picture by Frans Floris the Elder (1516-1570), under whom his own teacher Willem Key (died 1568) studied, and to whom this work was formerly attributed.