After MASSYS (or Metsys) (Antwerp or Louvain 1466-Antwerp 1530) Late 18th-early 19th century Adoration of the Magi. Oil on panel. Oak. 48.8 x 38 cm. Gilded wood frame with two old cartouches: Kulmbach (Hans van). Provenance : On the reverse a large collector's red wax seal (acc.), affixed to a leaf with the handwritten name in pen Wagner, and below "pupil of"; with two old French-language public auction catalog labels: Hans van Kulmbach, l'Adoration des Rois Mages. General bibliography: Max J. Friedländer, Early Netherlandish Painting (vol. VII) Quentin Massys, Plate 58, 59 a - e, text p. 66 (New York 1971). The attributions on these two labels refer to Hans Suess von Kulmbach (Kulmbach c. 1480-Nuremberg c. 1522), a pupil of Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528). A version identical to our Adoration of the Magi, in the City Art Museum of St. Louis (Missouri, USA), is catalogued by Max. J Friedländer as "After Q. Massys", who lists four other versions or copies.
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Lot no. 17

After MASSYS (or Metsys) (Antwerp or Louvain 1466-Antwerp 1530) Late 18th-early 19th century Adoration of the Magi. Oil on panel. Oak. 48.8 x 38 cm. Gilded wood frame with two old cartouches: Kulmbach (Hans van). Provenance : On the reverse a large collector's red wax seal (acc.), affixed to a leaf with the handwritten name in pen Wagner, and below "pupil of"; with two old French-language public auction catalog labels: Hans van Kulmbach, l'Adoration des Rois Mages. General bibliography: Max J. Friedländer, Early Netherlandish Painting (vol. VII) Quentin Massys, Plate 58, 59 a - e, text p. 66 (New York 1971). The attributions on these two labels refer to Hans Suess von Kulmbach (Kulmbach c. 1480-Nuremberg c. 1522), a pupil of Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528). A version identical to our Adoration of the Magi, in the City Art Museum of St. Louis (Missouri, USA), is catalogued by Max. J Friedländer as "After Q. Massys", who lists four other versions or copies.

Estimate
€1,000 - €1,500
Result
€3,300
Buyer's premium
26.4%
After MASSYS (or Metsys) (Antwerp or Louvain 1466-Antwerp 1530) Late 18th-early 19th century Adoration of the Magi. Oil on panel. Oak. 48.8 x 38 cm. Gilded wood frame with two old cartouches: Kulmbach (Hans van). Provenance : On the reverse a large collector's red wax seal (acc.), affixed to a leaf with the handwritten name in pen Wagner, and below "pupil of"; with two old French-language public auction catalog labels: Hans van Kulmbach, l'Adoration des Rois Mages. General bibliography: Max J. Friedländer, Early Netherlandish Painting (vol. VII) Quentin Massys, Plate 58, 59 a - e, text p. 66 (New York 1971). The attributions on these two labels refer to Hans Suess von Kulmbach (Kulmbach c. 1480-Nuremberg c. 1522), a pupil of Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528). A version identical to our Adoration of the Magi, in the City Art Museum of St. Louis (Missouri, USA), is catalogued by Max. J Friedländer as "After Q. Massys", who lists four other versions or copies.
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Friday 26 June・14:00 (Europe/Paris)
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