"Circle of Jan van Balen" is copy after his father, Hendrick van Balen the Elder

Mercier, from France, sells on 1 December 2019 a "Flemish School, 17th century" Rest on the flight to Egypt with John the Baptist and Angels, estimated at 600 to 800 Euro.

The painting is quite charming, and turns out to be a copy after the central panel of a triptych by Hendrick van Balen I (1573-1632) in the Cathedral of Antwerp. The copy is very small, 26 by 20 cm, compared to the original (which is 122 cm high). This partly explains the lesser quality. The price seems about right, perhaps a bit too low for a relatively uncommon work.