MASTER OF THE PRODIGAL SON (ANTWERP, ACTIVE C. 1530-1560) - photo 1
MASTER OF THE PRODIGAL SON (ANTWERP, ACTIVE C. 1530-1560) - photo 2
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MASTER OF THE PRODIGAL SON (ANTWERP, ACTIVE C. 1530-1560)

Lot 23
05.02.2025 10:00UTC -05:00
Classic
Starting price
$ 150 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUSA, New York
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ID 1358490
Lot 23 | MASTER OF THE PRODIGAL SON (ANTWERP, ACTIVE C. 1530-1560)
Estimate value
$ 150 000 – 250 000
MASTER OF THE PRODIGAL SON (ANTWERP, ACTIVE C. 1530-1560)
The Penitent Mary Magdalene
oil on panel
31 x 43 in. (78.7 x 109.2 cm.)




Provenance

Purportedly gifted by Jesuits to a convent in Peru, where acquired by the following,
(Possibly) Sir Edmund Temple, as Fernando Gallegos.
Lady Emily Bulwer-Lytton (1874–1964), Knebworth House, Hertfordshire; her sale, Anderson Galleries, Inc., New York, 12 March 1927, lot 109, as Fernando Gallegos.
with Karl Loevenich, New York, by 1928.
August Heckscher (1848-1941), New York, and by descent to his wife,
Virginia Henry Curtis Heckscher (1875-1941), New York; her deceased sale, Sotheby’s Parke-Bernet, New York, 2 January 1942, lot 73, as Flemish School 16th Century.
Count Ivan N. Podgoursky (1901-1962), New York.
with Jack Kilgore & Co., Ltd., New York, where acquired in 2014 by the present owner.



Literature

'Notes of the Month,' International Studio, December 1928, CXI, pp. 63-64, illustrated, as the Master of the Prodigal Son.
G. Marlier, 'L'Atelier du Maître du Fils Prodigue', Jaarboek van het Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten Antwerpen, 1961, p. 110, no. 30.
M. Díaz Padrón, 'Un tríptico inédito del ‘Maestro del Hijo Pródigo’ en el Museo de Pontevedra', Boletín del Museo del Prado, II, 1981, pp. 8 and 10, fig. 6.
S. Vézilier, Sensualité et Volupté: le corps féminin dans la peinture flamande des XVIe et XVIIe siècle, exhibition catalogue, Cassel, 2010, p. 46, as Attributed to the Master of the Prodigal Son.



Exhibited

Birmingham, Birmingham Museum of Art, long-term loan, 2021-2024.
Applied technique:Oil on panel
Place of origin:Belgium, Western Europe
Auction house category:Paintings
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