ID 1248128
Lot 123 | CIRCLE OF FRANS FLORIS (ANTWERP 1515/20-1570)
Estimate value
£ 10 000 – 15 000
Flora
oil on panel, arched top
30 ½ x 22 ½ in. (77 x 57 cm.)
Provenance
Dr Arthur Kauffmann (1887-1983), London, by 1955, and by descent to his son,
Professor Michael Kauffmann (1931-2023), London.
Literature
T. Crombie, 'Paintings and Drawings at the International Art Treasures Exhibition', Apollo, no. 76, March 1962, pp. 23-5, fig. 6, as 'Lambert Lombard'.
Exhibited
Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum, De triomf van het maniërisme: de Europese stijl van Michelangelo tot El Greco, 1 July-16 October 1955, no. 76, as 'Lambert Lombard', lent by Dr Arthur Kauffmann.
London, Victoria and Albert Museum, C.I.N.O.A. International Art Treasures Exhibition, 2 March-29 April 1962, no. 27, as 'Lambert Lombard', exhibited by Dr Arthur Kauffmann.
Brussels, Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Le Siècle De Bruegel: La peinture en Belgique au XVIe siècle, 27 September-24 November 1963, no. 150, as 'Lambert Lombard'.
Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
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Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
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Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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