- 235
Attributed to Abel Grimmer
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Description
- Abel Grimmer
- Church interior with a baptism and figures conversing, with a view of the town, left
- signed on the step: A. GRIMMER FE
- oil on oak panel
Provenance
Anonymous sale, Cologne, Lempertz, 25 April 1968, lot 44a (as Abel Grimmer);
Hans Wetzlar, Amsterdam;
His sale, Amsterdam, Sotheby's Mak van Waay, 9 June 1977, lot 32 (as Abel Grimmer);
Anonymous sale, Amsterdam, Sotheby's, 22 April 1980, lot 42 (as Abel Grimmer);
Anonymous sale, Amsterdam, Sotheby's, 14 November 1990, lot 23 (as attributed to Abel Grimmer).
Hans Wetzlar, Amsterdam;
His sale, Amsterdam, Sotheby's Mak van Waay, 9 June 1977, lot 32 (as Abel Grimmer);
Anonymous sale, Amsterdam, Sotheby's, 22 April 1980, lot 42 (as Abel Grimmer);
Anonymous sale, Amsterdam, Sotheby's, 14 November 1990, lot 23 (as attributed to Abel Grimmer).
Literature
R. de Bertier de Sauvigny, Jacob et Abel Grimmer. Catalogue raisonné, Brussels 1991, p. 237, cat. no. LXXVIII (as Abel Grimmer);
B.G. Maillet, Intérieurs d'Églises 1580–1720. La peinture architecturale des Écoles du Nord, Wijnegem 2012, pp. 250 and 252, cat. nos M-0437 and M-0449, both reproduced (mistakenly catalogued as two separate works; as Abel Grimmer).1
B.G. Maillet, Intérieurs d'Églises 1580–1720. La peinture architecturale des Écoles du Nord, Wijnegem 2012, pp. 250 and 252, cat. nos M-0437 and M-0449, both reproduced (mistakenly catalogued as two separate works; as Abel Grimmer).1
Condition
The following condition report is provided by Henry Gentle who is an external specialist and not an employee of Sotheby's:
The bevelled oak panel is in a good condition. There is a canvas patch reinforcing a vertical split. The panel has a slight convex curvature.
Due to the significant abraded nature of the entire paint surface it has been wholly and extensively repainted. There is very little of the original composition that has not been affected; the altar cloth is one of the few areas with little strengthening.
"This lot is offered for sale subject to Sotheby's Conditions of Business, which are available on request and printed in Sotheby's sale catalogues. The independent reports contained in this document are provided for prospective bidders' information only and without warranty by Sotheby's or the Seller."
"This lot is offered for sale subject to Sotheby's Conditions of Business, which are available on request and printed in Sotheby's sale catalogues. The independent reports contained in this document are provided for prospective bidders' information only and without warranty by Sotheby's or the Seller."
Catalogue Note
1. This painting appears to have been cleaned between the Wetzlar sale in 1977 and its next appearance on the market in 1980, removing in the process a figure previously found beside the rightmost pillar, and revealing the white of the nuns' coifs, left. These differences are visible in the two reproductions in Maillet's book (see Literature).