Unusual Flemish "Flying Loreto" painting

German auction house Kaupp sells on 26 September a "Religious Master, probably Bruges, 1st half of the 16th century" painting of the Madonna of Loreto, an oil on panel of 54 by 37cm estimated at 5,500 to 6,600 Euro.

It is an unusual depiction of this story, the only one I know of from this period by a Flemish or German artist. Similar compositions can be found in a few Italian paintings. Probably the most famous is by Annibale Carracci. The above is from ca. 1604/1605 and can be found in the San'Onofrio al Gianicolo Church in Rome.

Another, much older Italian example is attributed to Saturnino Gatti, and painted ca. 1510. It is kept in the Metropolitan Museum. It has a somewhat comparable landscape, and the old ship between the lower angels (the one for sale lacks the upper, crowning angels). Other examples are by Cesare Nebbia and an uncomparable and quite brilliant one by Tiepolo from 1743.

The Flemish work has a distinctly different, more elaborate church than the two Italian examples, but is again closer to the second one than to the first one.

The one for sale now has some characteristics of the work of Herri met de Bles (the rocky landscape) and the Antwerp Manierists (the angels). I don't see many similarities with painters from Bruges from this period, and would locate it in Antwerp or by a (German?) follower of these Antwerp painters. The estimate is rather steep, but the unusual nature of the work may help to achieve this.

UPDATE: sold for 8,500 Euro, above the highest estimate.