Old Master Paintings & Works on Paper Day Auction
Old Master Paintings & Works on Paper Day Auction
The Property of a Gentleman
Frans Francken the Younger
Ecce Homo
Lot closes
00:11:31
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July 4, 09:10 AM GMT
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 GBP
Starting Bid
18,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
The Property of a Gentleman
Frans Francken the Younger
Antwerp 1581–1642
Ecce Homo
indistinctly signed lower right: Do f frank • [...]/ [...] Ao
oil on copper
unframed: 55.5 x 72.6 cm.; 21⅞ x 28⅝ in.
framed: 72.8 x 89.9 cm.; 28⅝ x 35⅜ in.
Acquired by the present owner in 2005.
Hitherto unpublished, this large copper can be best compared to Francken's treatment of the same subject in the Museo Nacional Prado, Madrid.1
1 Inv. no. P001519; oil on panel, 57 x 80 cm.; https://www.museodelprado.es/en/the-collection/art-work/the-trial-of-christ/70f9bebd-2b4e-4996-b51e-67f44fe2d0e0. U. Härting, Frans Francken de Jüngere (1581–1642): Die gemälde mit kritischem œuvrekatalog, Freren 1989, p. 283, no. 195, reproduced.