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Property from a Private Collection

Attributed to Abraham Bloemaert

Saint John the Baptist preaching to the Multitude

Lot Closed

December 5, 02:44 PM GMT

Estimate

20,000 - 30,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property from a Private Collection

Attributed to Abraham Bloemaert

Gorinchem 1566 - 1651 Utrecht

Saint John the Baptist preaching to the Multitude


oil on canvas

unframed: 89.8 x 127.8 cm.; 35 3/8 x 50 3/8 in.

framed: 113.6 x 152 cm.; 44 3/4 x 59 7/8 in.

Anonymous sale, London, Sotheby's, 17 April 1991, lot 180 (as Bloemaert);
With Chaucer Gallery, London, October 1991 (when advertised in The Burlington Magazine, as Bloemaert);
With Norbert Pokutta, Munich, 1993;
Private collection, Switzerland, 1999.
M.G. Roethlisberger, Abraham Bloemaert and his Sons. Paintings and prints, Doornspijk 1993, text vol., p. 71, cat. no. 19, reproduced plates vol., fig. 44 (as 'Bloemaert?').