Friday 30 June 2017

"Flemish Master" is copy after Joos van Cleve

Hampel, Germany, sells on 5 July 2017 a "Flemish Master, End of the Beginning of the 16th century" (sic!) Holy Family, estimated at 6,000 to 8,000 Euro.

It is a copy after Joos van Cleve, a composition he and his followers used multiple times with variations in background and in the accompanying man (either Joseph or the donor usually, or no one).

This specific copy is listed at the RKD as being for sale in Nice, with dealer Rolan Robert (or Robert Rolan, more likely) in 1950! I don't know whether it has appeared on the market since, but it is nice to provide some provenance and attribution at the same time.

As a well-preserved, good copy with at least some provenance, it should be worth around 10,000 Euro.

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