Auction on
05 December 2021 - 14:00 (CET) -
17, rue Pétrus-Maussier - 42000 Saint-Étienne
This 16th-century scene with Abraham and Melchizedek is the work of Flemish Mannerist Jan II Van Coninxloo.
Jan II Van Coninxloo (c. 1489-c. 1546), The Meeting of Abraham and Melchizedek, oil on panel, 54.5 x 50 cm/24.5 x 19.7 in. Estimate: €40,000/50,000
Jan II Van Coninxloo (c. 1489-c. 1546), The Meeting of Abraham and Melchizedek, oil on panel, 54.5 x 50 cm/24.5 x 19.7 in. Estimate: €40,000/50,000
The art of 16th-century sculpture certainly inspired the striking Biblical scene in the foreground—which viewers experience as though they were there, through the magical effect of the imposing size of the protagonists. Active in the southern Netherlands , Jan II Van Coninxloo…
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