ERASMUS QUELLINUS II (ANTWERP 1607-1678) - photo 1
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ERASMUS QUELLINUS II (ANTWERP 1607-1678)

Lot 2
03.12.2024 13:00UTC +00:00
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£ 63 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 1344007
Lot 2 | ERASMUS QUELLINUS II (ANTWERP 1607-1678)
Estimate value
£ 100 000 – 150 000
ERASMUS QUELLINUS II (ANTWERP 1607-1678)
An Allegory of Transience
indistinctly signed (upper right, on the column)
oil on canvas, unframed
48 5/8 x 38 1/8 in. (123.6 x 96.8 cm.), with additions to the upper and lower edges of ¼ in. (0.5 cm.)
inscribed 'Defecerun[t] si[cut] fumus dies / mei Psalm 101' (centre right, on the paper held in the book)




Provenance

Sir Charles Arthur Turner, K.C.I.E. (1833-1907), London.
Michiel Onnes, called Onnes van Nijenrode (1878-1972), Castle Nijenrode, Breukelen; his sale, Frederik Muller & Cie, Amsterdam, 4 July 1933, lot 20, as 'Attributed to Anthony van Dyck, with the suspected collaboration of Daniel Seghers' (unsold).
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Amsterdam, 12 November 1991, lot 218, as 'Daniel Seghers and Cornelis Schut'.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 16 December 1999, lot 59, as 'Thomas Willeboirts Bosschaert' and 'an unidentified hand working in the following of Daniel Seghers', where acquired by the present owner.



Literature

E. Schaeffer, Van Dyck: Des Meisters Gemälde, Klassiker der Kunst, XIII, Stuttgart and Leipzig, 1909, p. 462.



Exhibited

London, Royal Academy of Arts, Exhibition of Works by Van Dyck 1599-1641, 1 January-10 March 1900, no. 110, as 'Anthony van Dyck', measuring 43 ½ x 33 ½ in. (lent by Sir Charles Turner).
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