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253 Jean BELLEGAMBE (Douai, c. 1470 – c.
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253
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253 Jean BELLEGAMBE (Douai, c. 1470 – c.
See original version (French)
Estimate €40,000 - €60,000
Voluntary lot
Description
253 Jean BELLEGAMBE (Douai, c. 1470 – c. 1534)
Saint Bishop with a Praying Figure
Panel, arched at the top
Height: 68 cm
Width: 29 cm
Unframed
Missing sections
This previously unpublished panel formed the left-hand panel of a triptych, a feature of which is often to
incorporate trompe l’oeil grey-scale sculptures when the panels were closed.
We propose that on the reverse side was the portrait of Charles de Saint-Radegonde, known as Charles Coguin, abbot
d’Anchin, by Bellegambe, held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York (INV 32.100.125), which is identical in shape and
dimensions to ours; it is therefore likely to be the reverse side of this panel.
Charles Sterling had drawn a parallel between the work at the Metropolitan Museum and the ‘Sainte Barbe’ in grisaille (
Christie’s auction of 24 June 2004, lot no., acquired by the Musée de la Chartreuse de Douai in 2011). The latter is of the same
proportions – the panel is the same width but slightly taller (87 cm) – as the top 20 cm or so of the panel had been
cut away to remove the
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About the sale
Major catalogue auction of classical art
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Auction time
10/11/2026 at 10:30 AM
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