18th c. Flemish is copy after Hendrik Goltzius

Chorley's, from England, sells on 28 January 2020 an "18th century Flemish School" Salvator Mundi,  estimated at £300 to £500.

It is a good copy after an engraving by Hendrick Goltzius from 1589 (found at the Rijksmuseum). There seems to be no reason to date this to the 18th century and not to the 17th century, when this would have been more popular.

It should be worth £700 to £1000 probably.

UPDATE: indeed, sold for £800.

Pandolfini part 4: not after Van der Valckert but after Goltzius

Pandolfini, from Italy, sells on 26 February 2019 a "Dutch School, 17th century" Laughing fool, estimated at 5,000 to 7,000 Euro.

They place it close to Werner van den Valckert (1580-1627), who has indeed engraved several very similar images.

However, this specific one is not after Van den Valckert but after an engraving by Jan Saenredam after Hendrick Goltzius, from ca. 1595 (first state via the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, third state via the British Museum). It seems logical that this image also was the inspiration for Van den Valckert.

The text on the first state simply says "It's just for laughs".

It is an intriguing image, moralistic but in a way which appeals to modern buyers as well, and will probably have no trouble fetching the estimate.

UPDATE: sold for 6,250 Euro.

UPDATE 2: now for sale with Jean Moust for 14,500 Euro, as "attributed to Van der Valckert" 

Coryn Boel is copy after Saenredam

Hargesheimer, from Germany, sells on 22 September 2018 a "Circle of Coryn Boel" Corpora (vanitas) estimated at 2,000 Euro.

It is a copy after Jan Saenredam (after Goltzius), "An allegory on Vision (a couple of lovers)", as can be seen on this work at the RKD. As such, any attribution to the circle of a specific artist is dubious, and the estimate perhaps a bit high. I guess it is worth around 1,000 Euro instead, as it is charming from a distance but has serious problems when seen up close. No idea why Hargesheimer calls it a "corpora".

"17th century Flemish school" is work after Hendrick Goltzius

Côte d'Opale, from Boulogne, France, sells on 29 April 2017 a "17th century Flemish School" Diana discovers the pregnancy of Callisto, estimated at 600 to 800 Euro.

According to the description, the panel has an attribution to Paul Bril on the back, but they rightly don't seem to give much credence to this.

The work is actually a copy after a work by Hendrick Goltzius (1558-1617), from the Bonnefanten Museum in Maastricht, the Netherlands (the main museum in the city of Tefaf!). It is a good composition (probably based originally on the painting by Titian of the same subject), but this version is quite mediocre when seen up close. Still, at the estimate it is an attractive buy.

The painting was popularized through an engraving by Jan Saenredam, which may be the direct source for the version for sale.

"Northern School" is a copy after Goltzius

In the interesting but somewhat overestimated Boetto auctions (28-29 September, Italy, see the previous few days), they sell, apart from unidentified things like a potential Johann Karl Loth and a Titian copy, also this "School of the North, 17th Century" Concertino, estimated at 4,000 to 4,500 Euro.

It is a copy after Hendrick Goltzius, Dutch late 16th-century printmaker and occasional painter. Better versions of the work can be found online, but the best version I know of is the original Saenredam engraving after Goltzius (the copy pictured comes from the Rijksmuseum).

It would be great to find the original or something that may be it: but for a copy (although a fairly good one), the estimate seems on the high side.

UPDATE: not sold, again as expected.