"Flemish School, ca. 1550" is copy after Raphael (though with a Flemish connection)

Aguttes, from France, sells on 29 May 2018 a "Flemish School, c. 1550" drawing of the Adoration of the Magi, estimated at 2,500 to 4,000 Euro.

It is a good-sized (28 by 44 cm) but somewhat damaged drawing showing a quality composition which is well executed, but not brilliantly so.

The work is a design for a tapestry for Raphael, now in the Vatican Museums, and probably created at the Pieter Van Aelst workshop. The above drawing from the Morgan Library may be the original, and is certainly considered to be contemporary with the tapestry.

Comparison of a detail (upper left corner) will show the difference in quality, the condition issues with the work for sale, and the fact that the Morgan version is larger. But despite all this, it also shows the considerable quality and skill of the Aguttes version.

I have not been able to find food images of the finished tapestry, only partial images under an angle, which is rather disappointing. This one, from a tour operator in Rome, is the best I could find (and the accompanying text is surprisingly informative).

Unless some evidence could be found linking the drawing for sale directly to Pieter Aerts and his workshop, I think the estimate is about right, perhaps somewhat high for a copy.