Deposition

A "continental school", 17th / 18th century, at Blomqvist, estimated at 25,000 Norsk Krone (close to 3,000 Euro). (UPDATE: NOT SOLD) Not too big at 77 by 108 cm, it looked tantalisingly familiar as a copy of a better known work, but as usual I can't put my finger on it (let's hope that improves when this blog is a little bit older!).

Searching for it didn't reveal an original, but I did found another (slightly better) copy of it, which remained unsold in 2010 at Artcurial. It is listed at the RKD as Southern Netherlands, ca. 1600. There has to be some (lost?) original by a good artist for this composition, but who or where? 3,000 Euro for the one for sale now seems to be on the high side, but the painting is interesting. Anyone with a guess or more knowledge, feel free to comment (on all my posts, not just here).