Wednesday 23 October 2019

1508 dated Flemish Virgin and Child is copy after Van der Weyden

Neumeister, from Germany, sells on 24 October 2019 a "Flemish(?)" Virgin and Child, dated 1508, estimated at 4,000 to 4,500 Euro.

Despite the old attribution on the back to Lucas Cranach, it is a copy after Rogier Van der Weyden, the Virgin and Child from the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.

Although well painted, it is less attractive than the original, both because of the condition and because Mary looks rather unhappy instead of loving. Even so, it should have no problem making the estimate, also because this specific Van der Weyden composition has rather few known copies compared to some of his more popular works.

UPDATE: sold for 38,100 Euro (costs included)! 

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