ID 945342 
Lot 5  | HERRI MET DE BLES, CALLED CIVETTA (BOUVINES OR DINANT C. 1510-AFTER 1550 ANTWERP)
Estimate value
$ 180 000 – 250 000 
Saint John the Baptist preaching in the wilderness with the Baptism of Christ in the background
signed with the artist's owl device (center left)
oil on panel
22 1/4 x 32 3/4 in. (56.5 x 88.1 cm.)
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Hotel Drouot, Paris, 5 March 1980, lot 8, as Attributed to Herri Met de Bles, where acquired by the following,
with Art market, Zurich (according to a manuscript annotation in the Doc du Louvre).
with J.O. Leegenhoeck, Paris, where acquired in 1983, and by descent to the present owner.
Literature
Advertisement, The Burlington Magazine, CXXV, 1983, p. XII.
L. Serck, Herri Met de Bles, PhD Thesis, Louvain Catholic University, 1971, p. 496, no. 15b.
| Artist: | Herri met de Bles (Civetta, 1510 - 1555) | 
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| Applied technique: | Oil on panel | 
| Place of origin: | Belgium, Western Europe, Europe | 
| Auction house category: | Paintings | 
| Artist: | Herri met de Bles (Civetta, 1510 - 1555) | 
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| Applied technique: | Oil on panel | 
| Place of origin: | Belgium, Western Europe, Europe | 
| Auction house category: | Paintings | 
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