"Denys Calvaert" is copy after Michiel Coxie

Trionfante, from Italy, sells on 14 April 2016 a "Denys Calvaert" Ecce Homo, estimated at 4,500 to 7,500 Euro.

It is yet another copy of a painting I highlighted a few times in May 2015, and not by Denys Calvaert. While not the worst copy of this work by far, it is also not worth 4,500 Euro, perhaps closer to 2,000 or thereabouts.

Circle of Denys Calvaert

Hargesheimer, from Germany, sells on 19 September 2015 an "Italo-Flemish School" mid-17th century painting of Saint Margaret and the Dragon, a small (20 by 15cm) oil on copper with an estimate of 850 Euro.

A very similar composition, same size and materials, but with a much more rudimentary painting technique, was sold as "Circle of Denys Calvaert" by Christie's in 2009, and fetched 3,000 Euro. As Denys Calvaert was the archetypical Italo-Flemish painter, the currect description is spot on.

The one for sale now shows a full-length Margaret instead of the half-length one at Christie's, which makes for a better composition (the dragon now seems like a leashed wild animal, instead of a pet like in the older one) and the painting has much more detailing (clothing, but also in the dragon), but isn't a really very good painting, and doesn't seem to be a real Calvaert. Even so, the current estimate seems very low compared to what the previous worse one fetched.