Follower of the Master of the Parrot

Kendzia, from Germany, sells on 23 February 2019 a "Flemish Master, 16th century" Death of Lucretia, estimated at 4,000 Euro.

They don't indicate an artist, but refer to two similar works, in Malta and in Burg Gnandstein.

The version from the National Museum of Malta is shown at Europeana. It is nearly identical to the work for sale, but larger.

The version from the Burg Gnandstein castle, shown on museum digital: Deutschland, lacks the background scene, but that page has more interesting information on the artist, said to be the Master of the Parrot; they date it to c. 1520.

Bizarrely, the best version, and probably the original for this composition, is not mentioned on any of these sites: the Master of the Parrot from the Prado. It is very close to the Gnandstein version, but better. It has more subtlety in nearly evey aspect of the work, most visibly in the shadows and in the hair.

The version for sale is clearly inspired by the Malta version or by a common ancestor (it may well be that there existed an original Master of the Parrot version with the background added), but the figure is painted in a different style, not with the almost statuesque paleness of the other three, but with "real" colours (I have inserted the head of the Prado version for comparison). While it isn't good enough to be by the Master, it still is a very fine work, with some damage though, but finely detailed. The estimate seems cautious.

UPDATE: sold for 7,500 Euro.

"Circle of Jan Brueghel II" is circle of Ferdinand van Kessel and Peter Casteels

Kendzia, from Hamburg, Germany, sells on 24 March 2017 a "Circle of Jan Brueghel II" Allegorical Scene, estimated at 9,000 Euro.

It is an Allegory of Taste, and while Jan Brueghel has painted similar scenes, this one seems particularly close to the works of Frans Wouters (1612-1659) (example was for sale for 50,000 Euro but remained unsold). The work offered here is a large oil on copper (55 by 72 cm), typical (though not exclusive) for the region and painters around Jan Brueghel.

The Wouters has also been copied by Jan Van Kessel the Elder (1626-1679).

The work for sale clearly is based on a reversal of motifs by Wouters, even though it isn't an exact copy.
 

The actual  origin of this painting, based on Wouters, was a work by Ferdinand van Kessel and Peter Casteels though (found via RKD, shown topmost, work for sale below it for easy comparison). It was for sale at Koller in 2008 (80,000 Swiss Francs) and 2009 (60,000 Swiss Francs), but both times remained unsold. The work for sale now is in worse condition, but even so it looks to me like a less well executed work, especially the central female figure (Venus? A well-clothed Venus in that case). It is not a real copy, enough details are different, but it obviously is the same composition.

The estimate seems a bit too high taking these things into consideration, but it still is an attractive work which is in dire need of cleanup and perhaps restoration (and if you are really lucky, it has been partially overpainted and you find an original Kessel / Casteels anyway!)