Friday, 15 April 2016

Another copy after the Master of the Prodigal Son lamentation

Vanderkindere sells on 19 April 2016 an "Antwerp School, 16th century" Lamentation, estimated at 1,000 to 1,500 Euro.

It is a more mediocre but considerably cheaper version of the painting I just highlighted a few weeks ago for a sale at Hampel on 7 April 2016. Not worth more than the estimate, but it just amazes me how often such works appear in clusters (perhaps some perception bias at work here).

UPDATE:  sold for 1,900 Euro, a bit more than I expected.

UPDATE 2: again for sale, now at Mercier, France on 16 October 2016 with an estimate of 1,500 to 2,000 Euro. Seems to be cleaned a bit, but remains a mediocre version, so the chance of this exceeding the estimate is small.

UPDATE 3: and now for sale at Rops, Belgium, on 9 April 2017, again for 1,500 to 2,000 Euro. Works like this always make me wary of bidding too enthusiastic on paintings: while they may sometimes yield very nice profits, other times you simply get stuck with them and no one seems to want them even when you sell at a loss. 

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