Lot 3033E* - A178 Old Master Paintings - Friday, 23. September 2016, 02.00 PM
GRIMMER, ABEL
(circa 1570 Antwerp circa 1620)
Allegory of the month of December.
Oil on panel.
Inscribed lower left: LUC. 2. and signed and dated lower right: ABEL GRIMMER FECIT 1609 also inscribed verso: DÉCEMBRE ABEL GRIMMER. 1609 and with a red wax seal as well as a label presumably from the frame maker, "Bonvoisin, Maître Peintre Doreur & Marchand de Tableaux. Place du Vieux Louvre".
25 cm diameter (round).
Provenance:
- Collection of the Drouhot family, Villersexel, probably first half of the 17th century.
- Via inheritance to the collection of Claude Drouhot (1907-2006).
- European private collection.
- Collection of the Drouhot family, Villersexel, probably first half of the 17th century.
- Via inheritance to the collection of Claude Drouhot (1907-2006).
- European private collection.
CHF 90 000 / 140 000 | (€ 92 780 / 144 330)
Sold for CHF 151 700 (including buyer’s premium)
All information is subject to change.