"German genrepainter" is a copy after Bassano

Von Zengen sells on 11 June 2016 a "German genrepainter, 1st half 17th century" Farmers at Work, estimated at 1,500 Euro.

It is a copy after Francesco Bassano, "Allegory of Spring" (version from Dulwich Galery shown, Bassano painted multiple versions with slight variations), which was very popular in Flanders and apparently also in Germany at the time.

Engravings by e.g. Raphaël Sadeleer I (one of the many talented engravers from the Sadeleer family) spread the image across Europe and explain the colour differences between the original and many copies.

The painting is probably worth the estimate, but don't expect to buy some unusual German composition, just one of many copies of this (and a few other) Bassano classics.

"Old Master, 17th-18th c." is copy after Bassano

Campo, from Belgium, sells on 31 May 2016 an "Old Master, 17th / 18th century" Winter scene, estimated at 5,000 to 8,000 Euro.

It is the same composition (but in a different version) I already discussed in a post from February, then attributed to Vrancx, but in both cases a copy after one of the most popular works of Bassano. This one is slightly overestimated and will probably be worth 2,000 to 3,000 Euro instead.

"Studio of Sebastian Vrancx" is a copy after Bassano

Swedish art dealer JP Willborg sells (well, the site gives a price of 0 Euro, so technically that's giving away) a "Sebastian Vrancx. His studio" Allegory of Winter.

It actually is a copy after a well-known Francesco Bassano "Allegory of Winter", from the Dulwich Gallery (upper picture), or a variation by one of the other Bassanos (version by Jacopo shown below). The Bassanos were often copied in the 17th century (in Italy and Flanders), and Vrancx seems to be the painter du jour, with every competently painted work vaguely in his style attributed to him or his studio, a bit like everything was a Brueghel 100 years ago. In this case, I don't think the work is good enough for the attribution, certainly not considering it is a copy, which means that the good composition tends to make the painting look better than it actually is.

The work was known in Flanders through copies made by painters who visited Italy, and by engravings by artists like Sadeler (above).

The RKD lists e.g. the above Anonymous Flemish ca. 1600 copy, with some strange additions to the left.

I would describe the work for sale also as an anonymous Flemish copy after Bassano, and not as a Studio of Vrancx. The value should be in the low thousands.