Old Master Paintings and Portrait Miniatures

Old Master Paintings and Portrait Miniatures

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The Property of a Gentleman

Antwerp School, circa 1610–30

Saint Jerome in his study, with the lion

Lot Closed

April 28, 01:28 PM GMT

Estimate

6,000 - 8,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

The Property of a Gentleman

Antwerp School, circa 1610–30

Saint Jerome in his study, with the lion


oil on oak panel, the reverse branded with the mark of the City of Antwerp Panel Makers' Guild 

unframed: 93.1 x 122.8 cm.; 36⅝ x 48⅜ in.

framed: 111.9 x 140.1 cm.; 44 x 55⅛ in.

In the collection of the family of the present owner for at least two generations.

This composition exists in another panel, of smaller dimensions, which belongs to the Openbaar Centrum voor Maatschappelijk Welzijn (OCMW), Herentals, Belgium (inv. no. B 3.05).1 That panel likewise has the brand of the castle, the mark of the City of Antwerp Panel Makers' Guild, on the reverse, as well as the mark of an as yet unidentified panel maker, in the form of a six-pointed asterisk.


1 https://rkd.nl/explore/images/283485