Another copy of Hugo Van der Goes' "descent from the cross"

Horta, from Belgium, sells on 11 September 2018 a "Flemish School, 16th or 17th century" Descent from the cross estimated at 4,000 to 6,000 Euro.

It is another (but much better) copy after the work by Hugo Van der Goes, which I already discussed in April 2018. The above version is from Cambrai, and I doubt it is the original (or else it has had a lot of poor restorations and overpaint). But it gives a good idea of how the original probably looked.

The work for sale has some very good parts, especially the two figures on the left. The Mary and John are clearly weaker (e.g. the hands of the virgin are very poorly executed). The painting looks to be from around 1550, certainly the Jesus looks to modern to be 15th century. But even so, it is one of the better and more interesting copies, and should be worth the estimate without much trouble.