Hermitage, from Monaco, sells on 24 November 2018 a "Flemish School, 16th century" Maria lactans, estimated at 30,000 to 40,000 Euro.
The same painting was for sale on 12 April 2018 at
Hampel, in Germany, as the work of Simon Marmion, estimated at 50,000 to 70,000 Euro.
Version from the Metropolitan Museum
It is most likely the work of the Master of the Gold Brocade; the
three other versions of the same work are all attributed to him (or her) by the RKD, and I see little reason to doubt their judgment or to believe that this one is suddenly the work of Marmion. The original composition of the Virgin and Child is the work of Rogier Van der Weyden.
This version is also listed at the
RKD, where they know it from a collection in 1937, and from being listed by the French Government as a recuperated work from (Récuperation Française, M.N.R. 853). Such M.N.R. numbers often point to looted art, but without further provenance it is hard to be certain if this work had been given back to the original owners and has reached the art market from there, or if this work may still be the rightful and moral poperty of the family of Nazi victims.
UPDATE: most of the same info was already posted at the
AuctionRadar blog at the time of the Hampel auction!
UPDATE 2: and now again for sale at Hampel (
28 March 2019), still as Marmion, and still with a 30,000 to 50,000 Euro estimate.
Hi, Thank you for the post. Here is additional information. The painting was part of the collection of Jacques Bacri, antiquaires. It has been sold by Sotheby's the 30th of March 2017, lot 16. The description says "in the manner of Dirk Bouts", without mentionning a period. The expert of the sales was clearly cautious. In addition, tou can see on the pictures of the Hampel sales, 2 labels on the back of the painting. The labels indicate the origin and the period of the painting "Flamish school, XV century". You can see also on the labels that someone (the expert of Sotheby's sale?) wrote the word "Faux" (wrong).
ReplyDeleteAdditional information. A version is also exhibited in the Musée de Picardie in Amiens. The painting is indicated as from the southern flanders (Bruxelles), circa 1500.
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