"School of Fontainebleau" or Dutch or Flemish School, or Vincent Sellaer?

Sworders, from the UK, sell on 18 April 2018 a "School of Fontainebleau, early 17th century" Ceres the Four Elements, estimated at £15,000 to £25,000.

It is an attractive painting, but the attribution differs from the other versions of the same work one can find. These are clearly the same composition and period, but differ somewhat in style so they may well be by different hands.

Tajan sold in 2012 as lot 48 a good but somewhat different version as "ca. 1570, Follower of Vincent Sellaer", estimated at 20,000 to 30,000 Euro, but it remained unsold. Their description indicates that that panel was sold at Sotheby's New York in 1996 a sa work by the Master "de Flore", an anonymous French artist from ca. 1550.

Another version, much closer to the one at Sworders, was sold at Lempertz in 2010 as "Dutch School, 2nd half 16th century". Estimated at a comparable 18,000 to 22,000 Euro, it sold for an impressive 66,000 Euro instead. It looks to be somewhat superior to the Sworders version.

A similar work was sold at Christie's New York in 2011 as "School of Antwerp, ca. 1600". It fetched $12,500 against an estimate of $5,000 to $7,000.

Finally, Ferri sold in 2012 another "Flemish School, ca. 1560, circle of Vincent Sellaer" copy, in a much worse condition: estimated at 15,000 to 20,000 Euro, it sold for 16,000 Euro.

Considering all this, it seems as if the Sworders version may be off on the French origin, but are fairly spot on with the estimate, and may even be surprised if they follow the Lempertz example. It seems most likely that this is a Flemish composition from the circle of Sellaer, but I haven't found a clear original for this one, nor an engraving which might explain the popularity of this composition. 

"Dutch Painter, 16th c." seems to be by Vincent Sellaer

Cambi, Italy, sells on 4 May 2016 a "Dutch painter, 16th c." "Female figure with putti", estimated at 6,000 to 8,000 Euro.

It is a better version of a work by Vincent Sellaer (Flemish, not Dutch) sold 10 years ago at Artcurial for nearly 6,000 Euro, and so should be worth more than the estimate (image from artvalue.com). However, the Sellaer market seems to have gone a bit flat lately, with multiple works not selling or selling rather cheap, so perhaps the estimate, despite not recognising the artist, is spot-on anyway. The work for sale is larger than the one sold ten years ago, so if these dimensions are correct, it isn't the same work. Otherwise it has been restored, which was obviously much needed.

UPDATE: not sold, in an auction were the Italian paintings fetched high prices but the others struggled mostly.

Antwerp painting at Koller: probably by Vincent Sellaer

Koller, from Switzerland, sells on 22 March 2016 an "Antwerp, 2nd half of the 16th century" Caritas, estimated at 12,500 to 20,000 Euro.

They correctly identify it with an RKD entry where it was described as by "Pseudo-Lombard". Other names dropped in the auction catalogue are Gossaert, Jan Massys, and Frans Floris.

A name strangely absent from that list, but probably the most closely related, is Vincent Sellaer. He has painted multiple Caritases in the same style as this one.

Artcurial sold in 2006 (and again in 2010) a painting from the "Studio of Sellaer" which is another version of the work for sale.

UPDATE: not sold.