29 - 29. Atelier de Frans Francken II (Anvers 1581-1642)

Estimate €20,000 - €30,000

Description

29. Atelier de Frans Francken II (Anvers 1581-1642) Nature morte au fleurs dans un vase sculpté oil on panel, the reverse stamped with the hands and castle of Antwerp and the panelmaker's mark of Guilliam Gabron 65,4 x 49.2cm (25 3/4 x 19 3/8in). Provenance Sale, Franz A. Menna, 23 October 1953 (as Jan Brueghel) West German Private Collection (according to Dorotheum, 2006 catalogue note) Sale, Dorotheum, Vienna, 26 June 2006, lot 120 (as Workshop Andries Daniels) With Cohen and Sons, London, October 2006 One of several known variants of a successful composition, the present work is by an as yet unidentified flower painter active in the circle of Frans Francken II (1581-1642). The artist draws on motifs established by Jan Brueghel the Elder (1568-1625) and Osias Beert the Elder (c. 1580-1623/24), while displaying affinities with the work of Andries Daniels (c. 1580-1640). Closely related versions, with minor variations in the arrangement of the flowers and accompanying elements, are known in the Musée Sarret de Grozon, Arbois, and have also passed through D'Orsay, Paris (March 1980) and Galerie Lowet de Wotrenge, Antwerp. We are grateful to Dr. Fred G. Meijer for suggesting the attribution, on the basis of a colour photograph, and for his assistance in the preparation of this catalogue entry.

About the sale From Antwerp to Bruges, the Collection of a Flemish Connoisseur

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Auction time 11/04/2026 at 11:00 AM

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