Saturday 31 January 2015

Copy of Memling, Nativity, left wing of Prado triptych


It's properly labeled by the auction house, so not really a hidden treasure, but rather uncommon nevertheless: Setdart auctions a 17th century(?) copy of Hans Memling's "Nativity", the left wing of a triptych in the Prado. Estimated at 12,000 to 15,000 Euro, the current highest bid is only at 2,400 Euro, with some two weeks to go still (until 11 February).

I don't know whether the date is right, the 17th and 18th centuries were not the most common to find copies of Memling (so oldfashioned!), but that's not that important here. It is nicely painted though lacking in details (the architecture and background on the left).

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