Wednesday 26 August 2015

School of the Master of the Prodigal Son


Lempertz, from Germany, sells on 23 September 2015 a "South Netherlandic Master, ca. 1520" Adoration of the Magi triptych, estimated at 8,000 to 12,000 Euro.


It is a version of a work by the Master of the Prodigal Son. There should be other copies in Warsaw and Baltimore, but the only one I could find an image of (thanks to the RKD) is this copy (probably cut down as well) from a church in Nijmegen, in the Netherlands.

The one for sale probably isn't an authograph work by the Master of the Prodigal Son, but it is a good painting and a relatively rare example of these 16th century Flemish triptychs, best known from the works of Pieter Coecke van Aalst who made some rather similar works as well. The estimate seems about right, perhaps even a bit low, but more research into the connection with the Master and his possible authorship are needed.

UPDATE: sold for 18,600 Euro, so the estimate was indeed too low.

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