Saturday, 21 March 2015

The leaning tower of Babel


The tower of Babel is a typical Netherlandish subject for paintings, started (I think) by Pieter Bruegel the Elder and continued by a lot of others. This one is for sale at Grogan on 22 March (that's tomorrow, I try to be a bit earlier normally), and is estimated at $5,000 to $10,000. It is described as European School, 17th century, but I think we can fairly safely claim it is Flemish. UPDATE: sold for $10,000!


The closest example I could find was the above by Lucas van Valckenborgh. But the one for sale is a lot less detailed and realistic, and clearly leans to one side to boot. But it's still a nice example of a once very popular subject, and for a reasonable price.

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