Old Master & 19th Century Paintings Evening Auction
Old Master & 19th Century Paintings Evening Auction
Property from a Noble Belgian Private Collection
Joos de Momper the Younger | Workshop of Jan Brueghel the Elder | Workshop of Hendrick van Balen
Landscape with Minerva and the muses
Auction Closed
December 6, 06:47 PM GMT
Estimate
80,000 - 120,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Noble Belgian Private Collection
Joos de Momper the Younger
Antwerp 1564–1635
and
Workshop of Hendrick van Balen
Antwerp 1573–1632
and
Workshop of Jan Brueghel the Elder
Antwerp 1568–1625
Landscape with Minerva and the muses
oil on canvas
unframed: 140 x 199 cm.; 55 ⅛ x 78 ⅜ in.
framed: 168 x 220 cm.; 66⅛ x 86⅝ in.
Charles d'Arenberg (d. 1896);
Thence by inheritance to Princesse Charles d’Arenberg;
Her sale, Brussels, Galerie Georges Giroux, 22 November 1926, lot 25 (as Flemish School, 17th century, style of Joos de Momper with figures in the style of Theodor van Thulden);
Where acquired by a private collector, Belgium;
Thence by descent to the present collector.
B. Werche, Hendrick van Balen (1575–1632): Ein Antwerpener Kabinettmaler der Rubenszeit, Turnhout 2004, vol. I, p. 176, under no. A 103 (as copy 1).