Horta part 4: an unattributed version of a Frans Francken and Abraham Govaerts painting

Horta, from Belgium, sells on 25 February 2019 a "17th century Flemish School" Flight to Egypt, estimated at 3,500 to 5,000 Euro.

It is a good version of a painting by Frans Francken II and Abraham Govaerts, known from a sale at Christie's in 1995.

That version was signed FFF (Frans Francken Fecit), and this one seems to bear something resembling a signature at the rock on the right (I think I can see an F there, and then some scribbles, but they may be figments of my imagination).

This version lacks the beautiful large hat (for a while common in many Flemish and Dutch paintings), but is otherwise fairly faithful to the original. As a bonus you get a nice painting of the "Miracle of the statue" or "Miracle of the idol" (as it is more commonly known), where a "pagan" idol statue falls down when Jesus passes by. This part of the story is rarely represented in old paintings. Note the shadow of the statue, giving it a much more realistic 3D effect.

An almost identical version of this work, this time attributed only to Frans Francken II, can be found in the Uffizi (image from the RKD). The dimensions are nearly identical, but the Uffizi one is on copper, while the Horta one is said to be on panel (wood). So imagine if you buy this, you can casually drop that there are only two versions of this painting known (to me), and the other one is in the Uffizi... Impressive!

 The value seems about right, seen up close the work isn't very well painted.

UPDATE: sold for 2,800 Euro.