Lempertz, from Germany, sells on 21 May 2016 a "Flemish School, ca. 1600" Marriage at Cana, a large (91 by 122) work presumably from Antwerp, estimated at 8,000 to 10,000 Euro.
It is a mediocre copy (fairly detailed, but without much talent) of a work by Marten de Vos from the Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekathedraal in Antwerp. The original oozes luxury, renaissance ideals, and considerable talent (though it would soon be eclipsed by the generation of Rubens). The copy isn't completely identical, so it may be based on a variation of the work, but in any case is not an original composition nor the work of a named master.
Another painting, optimistically given to Frans Francken the Elder, is also related to this composition, but somewhat more remote.
The one for sale will struggle to fetch the estimate, anything above 5,000 Euro would really surprise me.
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