Master Paintings Part II

Master Paintings Part II

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Christoffel van den Berghe

A Palace Courtyard with an Elegant Company

Auction Closed

February 1, 09:24 PM GMT

Estimate

40,000 - 60,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Christoffel van den Berghe

Antwerp 1590 – 1645 Middelburg

A Palace Courtyard with an Elegant Company


signed indistinctly and dated lower left:  ...VB 1628

oil on copper

copper: 7 ⅛ by 9 ½ in.; 18.0 by 24.2 cm. 

framed: 9 ⅞ by 12 ¼ in.; 25.1 by 31.0 cm. 

Probably Caspar Lavater (according to a label on the reverse);

Thereafter in the collection of Professor Dr. Gerold Meyer von Knonau, Zurich (1843–1931);

Thence by inheritance to his wife, Bertha Mayer-von Knonau, née Held (1854–1945);

By whom gifted to Dr. Hans Mayer-Rahn (1868–1954), Lucerne, 1940 (according to a label on the reverse, as Esaias van de Velde);

Private collection, Lucerne;

Anonymous sale, Zofingen, Auktionshaus Zofingen, 2 June 2022, lot 2602 (as Dirck van Delen).