Tuesday 14 April 2015

Get your copies here!



A "19th century Dutch School" "portrait of a family", for sale at  SGL (from Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France) as lot 8 and estimated at 600 to 800 Euro, is actually a copy of the Flemish 17th century "Portrait of the artist and his family" by Cornelis de Vos from the Royal Museums of Fine Arts in Brussels.


And an "unidentified artist", "Virgin and Child" for sale at Skanes in Sweden for less than 100 Euro so far is a clear (and rather good) copy of Carlo Maratta (or Maratti) and his "Holy Night". These kind of copies really aren't hard to check online, so I don't get why auction houses don't notice this. UPDATE: sold for 300 Euro, seems cheap!


Lawrence's of Crewkerne, UK gets it nearly right though. A "Manner of Rubens" is actually a partial copy after Van Dyck. I have mixed the two as well in the past, so I'ld better not mock them. It is a very poor copy though, so even at an estimated £120 to 180 it just isn't worth it. UPDATE: buyers disagreed with me, sold for £500.


Finally, at Dumouchelles on 17 April they sell for an estimated $1,000 to 1,500 a "Dutch School" 19th century work which is obviously a copy after (an engraving of) Gerrit Dou, one of many similar ones. They are instantly recognisable (although a few others like Van Mieris also made very similar works), and easily Googleable. Just like this other somewhat familiar work at Dumouchelles...

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