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Lot 3031* - A174 Old Master Paintings - Friday, 18. September 2015, 03.00 PM
JAN VAN KESSEL the Elder
(1626 Antwerp 1679)
An Allegory of Sight: a view of a collector’s cabinet. Circa 1660.
Oil on canvas.
64.8 x 94 cm.
Expertise:
Dr. Klaus Ertz, 15.2.1999.
Provenance:
- Galerie Asenbaum, Vienna, 1966 (as School of Antwerp).
- Christie's, London, 13.12.1991, Lot 156 (as School of Antwerp, circa 1660).
- Private collection.
- Sotheby's, London, 17.12.1998, Lot 116 (as School of Antwerp, circa 1660).
- Galerie d'Art St. Honoré, Paris.
- European private collection.
Literature:
- Kurt Wettengl and Ekkehard Mai (ed.): Wettstreit der Künste. Malerei und Skulptur von Dürer bis Daumier, Munich/Cologne 2002, Cat. No 168, p. 385.
- Klaus Ertz and Christa Nitze-Ertz, Christa: Die Maler Jan van Kessel, Lingen 2012, Cat. No. 686, text p. 121, ill. 122.
Dr. Klaus Ertz, 15.2.1999.
Provenance:
- Galerie Asenbaum, Vienna, 1966 (as School of Antwerp).
- Christie's, London, 13.12.1991, Lot 156 (as School of Antwerp, circa 1660).
- Private collection.
- Sotheby's, London, 17.12.1998, Lot 116 (as School of Antwerp, circa 1660).
- Galerie d'Art St. Honoré, Paris.
- European private collection.
Literature:
- Kurt Wettengl and Ekkehard Mai (ed.): Wettstreit der Künste. Malerei und Skulptur von Dürer bis Daumier, Munich/Cologne 2002, Cat. No 168, p. 385.
- Klaus Ertz and Christa Nitze-Ertz, Christa: Die Maler Jan van Kessel, Lingen 2012, Cat. No. 686, text p. 121, ill. 122.
CHF 40 000 / 60 000 | (€ 41 240 / 61 860)
Sold for CHF 90 500 (including buyer’s premium)
All information is subject to change.