"Dutch or Flemish, possibly based on Abraham Blomaert" is copy after Rubens

La Suite Subastas, from Spain, sells on 27 October 2016 a "Dutch or Flemish School, last third of the 17th entury" Virgin and child, "Possibly following the models of the Virgin and Child by the Dutch painter Abraham Blomaert (1566 - 1651)", estimated at 3,000 to 5,000 Euro.

It has nothing to do with Bloemaert and simply is a copy after Rubens, a Virgin and Child with versions in the Hermitage and the Metrolopitan Museum, so not some obscure work. I already discussed this work in a blog post in February 2015.

This version is allright, nothing exceptional but not the worst either. The estimate may be slightly too high.

They have the same problem with their lot 50, a "16th Cnetury Flemish School" which is also a copy after Rubens (and so obviously not 16th century). It's not the first time that copies after this Rubens have been described as 16th century for some reason, I described a similar situation in August 2015.  The estimate of 5,000 to 7,000 is too high for this copy.