Old Masters

ANTHON GUNTER GHERINGH | David’s messenger addressing Bathsheba

Auction Closed

May 8, 12:10 PM GMT

Estimate

4,000 - 6,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property from a Belgian Private Collection

ANTHON GUNTER GHERINGH

active in Leeuwarden 1640-1650 and Antwerp 1662-1668

David’s messenger addressing Bathsheba

signed lower centre: A...on Geringh

oil on panel

47.4 x 63.3 cm.; 18⅝ x 24⅞ in.

Acquired by the present owner in 1978.

Metz, Musée de la Cour d’Or, 26 June – 26 October 1993.

The subject derives from the Book of Samuel in the Old Testament (2 Samuel 11:4).