Auction on
10 December 2020 - 14:15 (CET) -
12, rue des Arènes - 49100 Angers
In this work, Saint John the Baptist announcing the coming of the Messiah is a pretext to paint a phantasmagorical, eye-popping landscape.
Flemish school, c. 1550, followers of Joachim Patinir (c. 1482-1524), Saint John the Baptist Preaching, double parquet panel, 22.6 x 32 cm (8.9 x 12.6 in). Estimate: €60,000/80,000
Flemish school, c. 1550, followers of Joachim Patinir (c. 1482-1524), Saint John the Baptist Preaching, double parquet panel, 22.6 x 32 cm (8.9 x 12.6 in). Estimate: €60,000/80,000
Made around 1550, this painting from a private collection is attributed to the followers of Joachim Patinir, a name familiar to specialists in the early 16 th- century rise of the landscape genre. Albrecht Dürer, the genius of Nuremberg, visited him in Antwerp, where he lived, became his friend and made two portraits…
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