"Attributed to Jacob de Backer" is copy after Christoph Schwarz

De Baecque, from France, sell on 12 November 2018 an "Attributed to Jacob de Backer" Last judgment, estimated at 4,000 to 5,000 Euro.

It is a copy after an engraving by Johannes Sadeler after a painting by Christoph Schwarz (or Schwartz), from ca. 1595 (courtesy the Rijksmuseum). The composition is therefor good, but the execution is poor, far removed from the quality shown in the works by De Backer (who wasn't known to work after engravings as far as I know). This version is not worth the estimate.

UPDATE: as expected, not sold.

UPDATE 2: again for sale at De Baecque on 28 May 2019, with a reduced estimate of 2,000 to 3,000 Euro, which seems reasonable.

Copy after Schwartz

Yet another "Flemish School", this time "ca. 1620, Proserpina abducted by Pluto", at Drouot (lot 51, 27 March 2015). Estimated at 2,000 to 3,000 Euro, this seems rather expensive.

No opinion on the date or region of this copy, but the original is German and some 50 years older: Christoph Schwartz (1543-1592), now in the Fitzwilliam Museum. The reversed copy, different colours, ... all indicate that this is a copy after an engraving. During the process, it lost all power. The horses, instead of frightening wild animals, seem now to be frightened of the water; the fierce mountains in the background have turned into rolling hills, the fast flowing river has become a pond with some wrinkles from the horses and chariot.

Note that Lambert Sustris either also has painted a version, or is an alternative attribution for the original painting. Schwartz and Sustris have collaborated for a while, their work can be very similar sometimes.