Monday 18 May 2015

Copy after Rubens

In a generally interesting auction at Ansorena, Madrid, on 19 May 2015, they sell a "School of Sevilla, 17th or 18th century" Adoration of the Shepherds, estimated at 400 Euro.

It is a copy after Rubens, who obviously was very popular in Spain as well. The copy isn't very well painted, but charming in its attempt.

Better value for money may be something like lot 4, a Spanish anonymous Saint Jerome of rather high quality, which should fetch more than the estimated 800 Euro. I don't know enough about Spanish 17th century painting to point to any painter or school, but it is a better painting than what you usually get for this money from this age.

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