Flemish School, 16th century
A diptych: Jonah and the Whale; and Samson removing the Gates of Gaza
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15,000 - 20,000 GBP
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Flemish School, 16th century
A diptych: Jonah and the Whale; and Samson removing the Gates of Gaza
both oil on panel, shaped tops
each: 73.4 x 25 cm.; 28⅞ x 9⅞ in.
framed: 86 x 64.5 cm.; 33⅞ x 25⅜ in.
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Anonymous sale, Madrid, Abalarte Subastas, 25 April 2017, lot 32, for €40,000;
Where acquired by the present owner.
On account of their shape and size, these panels are likely to have once constituted the wings of a triptych. They would have surely been affixed on either side of another, central panel, which is now lost.
An alternative attribution to Pieter Pourbus (c. 1523–1584) has been proposed.