Described as "Flemish, 19th c.", this one is close to David Teniers (perhaps by someone like Victor Mahu). Est. 1500€, would be high for a 19th c. version, but I think this one is worth more. Certainly a lot better than most Teniers copies or -inspired works. www.interencheres.com/art-decorati...
Muller sale, 1926, lot 734: Ferdinand Bol, "Portrait of a young woman", signed, panel, 34*26cm, Fl2400. Would like to see this one in colour, as it looks a bit "off" in B&W. Haven't found any trace of it though...
Yes, i don't know if they are supposed to be the same person with wildly varying dates, or family? Also found a "Hans" (i.e. Johannes) from same period, but seems to be a goldsmith. Van Merle(n) often also spelled Van Maerle.
Jonas Van Merle seems the most likely. Lived from 1593 to 1650 (other sources give different dates). www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collectio...
Daily photo from my visit to the Sinebrychoff museum in Helsinki: moving away from the 17th c. Low Countries, we find the Goodhart Master, a c. 1320 follower of Duccio, with "Madonna and Child enthroned". Without the later frame, as seen on the museum site! www.kansallisgalleria.fi/en/object/48...
Sold for 200 only...
Old engravings claim that the theme (or the earliest depiction we know of) is based on a Pieter Breugel the Elder painting (more likely Jan Brueghel though). 17th c. versions by the Van Kessels. www.mskgent.be/en/collectio... auctionaugur.blogspot.com/2019/11/cats...
Muller sale, 1926, lot 733: Abraham van Beyeren, "Oyster meal", monogram, canvass, 90*89cm, Fl4400. It was sold at the weirdly named auction house "Metz" in Heidelberg in 2024 for 50,000 Euro. www.gazette-drouot.com/en/article/d...
Daily photo from my visit to the Sinebrychoff Museum in Helsinki: after Clara Peeters, "Still life with flowers and a mouse". The work is strangely absent from the Finnish National collections website www.kansallisgalleria.fi/en/search?se...
Unusual. Described as French, 18th century. Almost looks Oriental in its choice of colours. Sale tomorrow, 200€ est. www.interencheres.com/art-decorati...
Muller sale, 1926, lot 732: Gerrit Berckheyde, "View of Haarlem", signed, panel, 42*60cm, Fl730 (only!). Sold at Christie's in 2010 for... £2,617,250!!! Now at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. Amazing evidence of taste changes over a century. www.christies.com/lot/lot-gerr...?
I mean, I don't think anyone would be impressed by this one...
Daily picture from the Sinebrychoff museum in Helsinki. I normally post my own photo's, no matter the quality, but this one turned out too poor, so here's one from the museum website instead. Cornelis Van der Voort, "Portrait of a Young Woman", ca. 1620. www.kansallisgalleria.fi/en/object/61...
Seen this one too late... Est. 80€, sold for 130€, described as 19th c: isn't it a 17th c. miniature of Anne of Austria, Queen of France? www.euvrard-fabre.com/en/lot/17487... Comparable to e.g. this portrait from Versailles, and many others like www.sothebys.com/en/buy/aucti...
Title page of the book which reads: 'Novelle allegoriqve ov histoire des derniers trovbles arrivez av royavme d'eloqvence. Then a woodcut ornament and the imprint: 'A Paris, Chez Gvillavme de Lvyne, libraire iuré, au Palais, en la sale des merciers, à la iustice. M. DC. LVIII. Avec privilége du roy. Beneath a round library stamp reading 'Museum Plantin-Moretus • Antwerpen'
Detail of the round library stamp reading 'Museum Plantin-Moretus • Antwerpen'
Lost no more!
A private individual recently contacted Museum Plantin‑Moretus after spotting our historical library stamp in a book bought at a flea market. Photos showed two clear impressions of our round stamp on the title page.
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Muller sale, 1926, lot 729: Anthonie Palamedesz, "Portrait of Jacoba van der Vorst", 1640, panel, 69*57cm, Fl1500. Most likely one of the 3 portraits by Mierevelt listed at the RkD, matching description and dimensions. Auction catalogue has no image, this one is from rkd.nl/images/144311
Daily photo from the Sinebrychoff Museum in Helsinki: Salomon van Ruysdael, "River Landscape with the Ruins of Egmond Castle", 1641.
provenance?
Muller sale, 1926, lot 725: Pieter De Hooch, "Motherly care", signed canvass, 51*61cm, Fl9500. Now in a private collection, offered at Christie's in 2008 but not sold. rkd.nl/images/188800
Daily photo from my visit to the Sinebrychoff museum in Helsinki: Maarten Boelema de Stomme, "Still life", 1642.
Last post from my Norway trip, another detail of the wooden barrel vault of Ål stave church, preserved at the Historic Museum in Oslo.
Sometimes you again realise how few 16th c. books really have survived. "Roman de Regnart", Tenessax, prose version. 5 different editions known (bestseller!), with just 8 known surviving copies: 1516 (1), 1528 (none), 1534 (4), 1550 (2), and 1551(1). www.interencheres.com/art-decorati...
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Muller sale, 1926, lot 724: Jan Van Goyen, "Winding road", monogram, panel, 41*59cm, Fl2300. I can find many similar paintings by Van Goyen and the like, but not this one so far.
Daily photo from the Sinebrychoff museum in Helsinki: Cornelis Dusart, "Kermesse", 1697.
I tend to look at the art and take a photo if I like it, but to forget to read all the information (depending on how much time I have as well of course). Thank you for all the background!
Thank you! Ah, religious strife and prejudices, I should have guessed...
Detail from the 13th c. wooden vault of Ål stave church, now in the Historic Museum in Oslo. Not sure which story features a nude queen though.
For some reason it looked higher at first glance, but comparing them again it just seems the difference between in frame - out of the frame. No idea what I was thinking.
not in the provenance, but probably the same; the dimensions are identical and the monogram is present, but the poor RKD image shows a much higher picture than the 53*41 give ). All a bit strange, but at just 200Fl this may have been one of the best buys at that auction.
