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A Mysterious Early 16th-Century Virgin

Published on , by Claire Papon and Sophie reyssat
Auction on 29 November 2022 - 14:00 (CET) - Salle 4 - Hôtel Drouot - 75009

This Virgin and Child is sure to start a fierce bidding war. It attests to the artistic ties between Brabant and Castile during the reign of the Catholic kings.

Anonymous Spanish-Mechelen master, circle of Gil de Siloé, Virgin and Child, polychrome... A Mysterious Early 16th-Century Virgin

Anonymous Spanish-Mechelen master, circle of Gil de Siloé, Virgin and Child, polychrome and gilded wood sculpture, c. 1500, 69 x 30 x 24 cm/27.16 x 11.81 x 9.44 in.
Estimate: €80,000/120,000

It is hard to say whether this group was carved in Flanders and sent to Spain to be painted, gilded and inserted into an altarpiece or made in Castile by a Flemish artist living on the other side of the Pyrenees. The work combines canons typical of Mechelen, such as Mary’s gentle expression and…
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