Lot 3011* - A182 Old Master Paintings - Friday, 22. September 2017, 03.00 PM
MASTER OF THE PRODIGAL SON
(active in Antwerp circa 1530–1560)
Mary with the infant Jesus, John the Baptist and a boy pilgrim.
Oil on panel.
93.5 × 68.5 cm.
Provenance:
- Art dealer Shirleys, Paris, 1908.
- Gierhards art dealer, Düsseldorf (as Vincent Sellaer with expertise by M. Friedländer).
- Private collection, acquired in 1954 on the advice of Dr. Hubertus von Sonnenburg.
- Via inheritance to the then owner, private collection.
- Sotheby's, London, 8.12.2005, Lot 209 (as Vincent Sellaer).
- European private collection.
Literature:
- Matias Díaz Padrón: "Una tabla de la Virgen con el Niño , San Juanito y Niño Peregrino del Maestro del Hijo Pródigo con atribución a Vicente Sellaer", Boletín Museo e Instituto Camón Aznar XCVIII (2006), pp. 169-176, fig 1 (as Master of the Prodigal Son).
- Ana Diéguez Rodríguez: "Un tríptico del Maestro del Hijo Pródigo en Ciudad Rodrigo (Salamanca)", BSAA arte LXXVIII (2012), p. 103, No. 10 (as comparable with the Master of the Prodigal Son).
Our thanks to Peter van den Brink who has confirmed the authenticity of this painting on the basis of a photograph.
- Art dealer Shirleys, Paris, 1908.
- Gierhards art dealer, Düsseldorf (as Vincent Sellaer with expertise by M. Friedländer).
- Private collection, acquired in 1954 on the advice of Dr. Hubertus von Sonnenburg.
- Via inheritance to the then owner, private collection.
- Sotheby's, London, 8.12.2005, Lot 209 (as Vincent Sellaer).
- European private collection.
Literature:
- Matias Díaz Padrón: "Una tabla de la Virgen con el Niño , San Juanito y Niño Peregrino del Maestro del Hijo Pródigo con atribución a Vicente Sellaer", Boletín Museo e Instituto Camón Aznar XCVIII (2006), pp. 169-176, fig 1 (as Master of the Prodigal Son).
- Ana Diéguez Rodríguez: "Un tríptico del Maestro del Hijo Pródigo en Ciudad Rodrigo (Salamanca)", BSAA arte LXXVIII (2012), p. 103, No. 10 (as comparable with the Master of the Prodigal Son).
Our thanks to Peter van den Brink who has confirmed the authenticity of this painting on the basis of a photograph.
CHF 60 000 / 80 000 | (€ 61 860 / 82 470)
Sold for CHF 66 500 (including buyer’s premium)
All information is subject to change.