Old Masters Day Sale, including portrait miniatures
Old Masters Day Sale, including portrait miniatures
Flemish School, 17th century
The Nativity
Lot Closed
December 8, 02:34 PM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Flemish School, 17th Century
The Nativity
oil on copper
unframed: 17.4 x 13.1 cm.; 6⅞ x 5⅛ in.
framed: 29 x 25.2 cm.; 11⅜ x 9⅞ in.
This composition derives from a print by Boetius Adams Bolswert (1580–1633) after Abraham Bloemaert's (1564–1651) The Adoration of the Shepherds.1 Painted in 1612, this work is now at the Louvre, Paris.
1 Inv. no. P 9525; engraving; 54.7 x 39.7 cm.; https://www.nationalgalleries.org/art-and-artists/51208; Inv. no. INV 1052; oil on canvas; 288 x 229 cm.; https://collections.louvre.fr/ark:/53355/cl010059329