Old Master Painting, Flemish Baroque Grisaille, Cornelis Schut, Mary with Child

c. 1640

After Heemskerck, Painting in the style of Heemskerck and Dutch Master, probably painted in the 19th Century.

Hendrick Bloemaert An Allegory of Justitia protecting Innocence from Calumny, Treachery and Deceit signed and dated 'HBloemaert fc. 1638' (HB linked, lower right, on the pedestal) oil on canvas 85.5 x 110.3 cm Provenance H. Hoogers, Nijmegen, 7 June 1816, lot 6, as Cornelis Bloemaert. J. Brolsma, Ede, 1957. with Baer, The Hague, 1960. Collection Hirschberg, The Hague. Anonymous sale; Heerlen, 10 April 1962, lot 121 (as measuring 68 x 108 cm.) Sale of Christie's Amsterdam: Tuesday, November 25, 2014 [Lot 00045] Old Masters, 19th Century and Impressionist Art Literature Marcel Roethlisberger, Abraham Bloemaert...

Stilllife with dead Birds, Fruits and Vegetables Oil on Canvas, 101 x 84 cm signed (upper left) „G Libald “ (G and L ligated) Provenance: Private Collection, Brussels; Private Coll...

Hercules and Omphale Oil on panel, 52 x 41 cm According to legend, Hercules had to make atonement and became a slave to the Lydian queen Omphale. When she found out who her slave was, she married him. Falling for his mistress and made effeminate by the luxury of court life, the former hero allowed himself to become the laughing stock of the court. He dressed in women's clothes, spun wool and did other women's work, whereas Omphale wore his lion's skin and carried a wooden club. When the time of punishment was over, the hero realised his delusion and left Omphale. So far, the painting could not be clearly assigned to an artist. Nevertheless, it impresses with its fluid and convincing painting, whose colourfulness and conception are reminiscent of the Prague School around Bartholomäus Spranger. This work follows an engraving and an etching made by Michel Dorigny in 1643 after a design by Simon Vouet. It shows the same scene but the print differs in minor details from the present painting (see e.g. the head of the lion) and the treatment of the faces seems to be painted more detailed and refined. So far there is no painting...

Already in the collection of Emperor Rudolf II in the first decade of the 17th century this composition was famous. The original is by Parmigianino and Rudolf's court painter Joseph Heintz...

Johann Boeckhorst (Münster 1604 - Antwerp 1668) Saint Ursula Oil on canvas, 112 x 86 cm Provenance: New York, Christe's, 20.3.1981, lot 88 (as Van Diepenbeeck's circle) The presen...

Pair of very decorative Italian Still-life paintings of flowers with vases and classical figures . 18th century, oil on canvas, with original gilt-wood frames. This pair is an exce...

Pair of very decorative Italian Still-life paintings of flowers with vases and classical figures . 18th century, oil on canvas, with original gilt-wood frames. This pair is an exce...

Still Life with fruits is an original oil on canvas realized in the 16th Century by an Italian School Master. Original oil painting on Canvas. The painting represents a still life...

Pair of very decorative Italian Still-life paintings of flowers with vases and classical figures . 18th century, oil on canvas, with original gilt-wood frames. This pair is an exce...

Francesco Annicini (Rome 1632 - post 1679) - Still life with greengrocer. 73.5 x 98.5 cm without frame, 90 x 115 cm with frame. Antique oil painting on canvas, in a carved and gild...

Beautiful pair of still lives ascribed to N. Stanchi, realized in the second half of 17th century. Both in very good conditions, they include a contemporary wooden gilded frame. Dime...