"Flemish School" is studio of Hans Jordaens III

Balclis, from Spain, sells on 31 May 2017 a "Flemish School, 17th century" Crossing of the Red Sea, estimated at 1,400 Euro.

It is a different composition than the one I discussed in March of this year in another post, but the artist is the same: Hans Jordaens III.

Another version was sold at Christie's in 2007, as described at the RKD. That version was painted a lot better though, the faces especially make it clear that the one for sale now is a studio work or a close follower.

A good, signed Jordaens III of the Red Sea crossing was sold for 22,000 Euro in Germany just a few days ago; but this work is worth a lot less, perhaps up to about 2,000 Euro.

Flemish School is (after) Hans Jordaens III

Horta, from Belgium, sells on 20 March 2017 a "Flemish School, 17th Century" Passage of the Red Sea, a panel of 76 by 109 cm estimated at 750 to 1,000 Euro.

Another version of the same work, with nearly identical dimensions, is listed at the RKD as (after?) Hans Jordaens III (1595-1643), from a church in Zutphen, the Netherlands.

Other versions of the same image have appeared on the art market a few times recently, but I frustratingly only have some small images, and no knowledge of where these were offered or for how much. Wildly differing formats, the third one seems to be a fragment only though, but probably otherwise the best (or the best conserved) of the lot. Strangely enough that one is only attributed to "Circle of Hans Jordaens III"...

The one for sale needs a good cleaning, and certainly isn't the best version of the work: but at the current estimate it is very cheap, and it should fetch 2,000 to 3,000 Euro.

UPDATE: sold for only 800 Euro.

Probably Flemish, ca. 1700 Christ and the Adulterous Woman: circle of Hans Jordaens?

Bolland & Marotz, Germany, sells on 30 April 2016 a "Probably Flemish Master, ca. 1700" Christ and the Adulterous Woman,  estimated at 800 Euro.

The composition can also be seen in a work attributed to Adriaen van Nieulandt, ca. 1640 (Christie's, 2002, via RKD), but the works clearly aren't from the same hand.

The pose of Christ, with the finger pointing down, seems to be a misunderstood remnant of other depictions of the story (e.g. by Pieter Aertsen and Pieter Bruegel, engraving after Bruegel shown) where he is writing down "Die sonder sonde is, werpe de eerste steen" ("He that is without sin among you, let him cast the first stone")

Some elements of the work for sale remind me strongly of the work of Hans Jordaens, e.g. this "Noah's Arc" and some other similar works. At other times, it reminds me of Adriaen van Stalbemt. In any case, It looks more likely to be 1640 than 1700, and is an interesting work with some very good elements, but likely after some unknown older work from around 1600. Should be worth 800 Euro any day, and may well fetch 2,000 Euro.

UPDATE: sold for only 720 Euro. 

Hans Jordaens III

At Brussels Art Auctions, they are selling a work by "Flemish School, 17th century" showing the "Ark of Noah", and estimated at a hefty 20,000 to 25,000 Euro.

It is clearly by or closely after Hans Jordaens III, using the same figures, animals, and so on but in a changed composition. It is less accurately painted, but that may be due to the smaller scale of this oil on copper painting compared to the other oil on canvas ones.

The above painting is attributed to Hans Jordaens the Elder, an ancestor (father?) of Hans Jordaens III, and seems to be the origin of the composition (not unlike Pieter Breughel the Elder and the reprises by Pieter Brueghel the Younger).

It is a nice work, but the attribution doesn't really make it more valuable than the original estimate though. UPDATE: not sold.