Follower of Gaspar de Crayer

Estimate

5,000 - 7,000 EUR

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Description

Gaspar de Crayer
The Martyrdom of St. Blaise
bears signature centre right
oil on canvas

Provenance

A. Boutmans, Brussels (according to a label on the reverse);
Anonymous sale, Brussels, Vanderkinderen, 16 December 1997, lot 109 (according to information supplied by the present owners).

Catalogue Note

St. Blaise, Bishop of Sebaste (died ca. 316), lived in a cave and was a healer of men and animals. He saved a child from choking on a fish bone, which led to the blessing of throats on St. Blaise day. Patron of the wool trade, he was martyred by being beaten, his flesh torn with wool combs, and was then beheaded.