Lot 1025 - A212 Decorative Arts - Thursday, 27. March 2025, 01.30 PM
VERDURE "FORÊT SAUVAGE À GRANDES FEUILLES"
Probably Enghien or Oudenaarde, 16th century.
Featuring large cabbage leaves and lush vegetation and fauna, with birds, two leopards, animals fighting, etc., as well as a landscape with a village, a church, ruins and a river with a fishing boat in the background. The border was trimmed and added later.
250 × 220 cm.
Provenance:
- Walter A. Staehelin Antiques, Muri b. Berne, acquired at the above auction.
- Private collection, Arlesheim, acquired from the above gallery.
- Private collection, Basel.
- Auction Koller, Zurich, September 19, 2024, lot 1013.
- Private collection, Geneva, acquired at the above auction.
- Private collection, Geneva, received as a gift.
Repairs, supplements, tears, somewhat faded in places.
CHF 15 000 / 20 000 | (€ 15 460 / 20 620)
Sold for CHF 23 750 (including buyer's premium)