Showing posts with label after Rubens. Show all posts
Showing posts with label after Rubens. Show all posts

Sunday, 29 March 2015

Nativity, "Andalusian School", after Rubens


At Lamas Bolanos they sell an "Andalusian School, 18th century" Nativity, a large oil on copper (68 by 84 cm) estimated at 1,200 Euro.


The copy may be Andalusian, I don't know, but the original is by Rubens. I couldn't find an image (or the location) of that original, but Christie's sold another copy in 2004 for £2,390.

Tuesday, 24 March 2015

After Rubens, Virgin and Child with John the Baptist


For sale on 2 April 2015 at Marambat-Malefosse in Toulouse, a painting of Jesus and John the Baptist described as "French School, 18th century" but which simply screams "Rubens" from even the tiniest picture of it. Sure enough, it is a quite decent small oil on copper copy of his Virgin and Child with John the Baptist and Saint Anne. Estimated at just 200 to 300 Euro, it seems cheap enough if you can live with the condition of the panel.


The original can be found in the National Museum of Catalonia.

Saturday, 7 March 2015

Your chance to own an original painting by an artist who fetches millions


For sale at Vanderkindere, a work by Lawrence Alma-Tadema (according to a label on the back, unverifiable by me but not unlikely). Estimated at only 400 to 600 Euro, while other paintings by him have literally fetched millions! Then again, this is a quick copy after Rubens, not a huge, elaborate, finely detailed own composition. But still, one couldn't buy a similar Van Gogh, Manet, Turner, ... for that kind of money. UPDATE: sold for 750 Euro, so at least it beat the highest estimate!


The original by Rubens is "The last communion of Saint Francis", here strangely titled "le renonciation des biens". It is kept in the Royal Museum of Fine Arts in Antwerp.