"17th century Flemish Master" is later copy after Theodoor Rombouts

Historia, from Germany, sells on 2 March 2017 a "17th century Flemish painter" Meeting of David and Abigail, estimated at 3,800 Euro.

It is an 18th-century, rather mediocre copy after Theodoor Rombouts, who shows what a 17th century Flemish work really looks like. This is a huge work (280 by 230 cm) now in the Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest. Some minor changes, like the different position of the hand of Abigail, or the removal of the dog on the right, don't really improve the work for sale, and the vertical format brings the composition out of balance.

The estimate is way too high for this decorative but otherwise unremarkable piece, which may fetch 1,000 to 1,500 Euro at most.