Live auction - Lot 140
[Flemish]
The miracle of St Justus.
Antwerp, Frans van den Wijngaerde, ca. 1639-1679
Hammer price: €
100
€ 100 / 150
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Lot description
Engraving, 43,5 x 31,7 cm (visible), laid paper, signed in lower margin at bottom: "P. P. Rubbens. pinxit. Joan. Witdoeck. sculpsit. Antverpiae.", address at bottom centre: "Franciscus Vanden Wijngaerde excud.", Latin text and dated 1639 in lower margin (browned, few sm. light stains).
Under passe-partout and frame (not studied outside frame).
Engraved in 1639 in reverse after the painting in Bordeaux (Musée des Beaux-Arts, inv. Bx E 455). The print is dedicated to Balthasar Moretus (1574-1641), who commissioned the original painting. 2nd state with the address of Frans van den Wijngaerde (1614-1679).
Ref. Hollstein LIII.146-147.22.II (of II).
Prov. Galerie Vyncke-Van Eyck (20th c.), Ghent dealer (label).