Martin van (1534) Valckenborch

Lot 167: Marten van Valckenborch I (Leuven 1534-1612 Frankfurt am Main)

Name: Marten van Valckenborch I (Leuven 1534-1612 Frankfurt am Main)
Brand: Christie's
SKU: 7bc6693bb5

Est: £20,000 GBP - £30,000 GBPSold:

Christie'sLondon, United KingdomDecember 08, 2010

Item Overview

Description

Marten van Valckenborch I (Leuven 1534-1612 Frankfurt am Main)
An extensive, mountainous, river landscape, with Abraham and the Angels
with monogram and date 'L VV FECIT 1610' (lower left, on the boulder)
oil on canvas
26 x 38 in. (66 x 96.4 cm.)

Artist or Maker

Martin van (1534) Valckenborch

Literature

A. Wied, Lucas und Marten van Valckenborch: Das Gesamtwerk mit Kritischem Oeuvrekatalog, Freren, 1990, pp. 242 and 275, no. 43, fig. 34.

Provenance

with J. Reder, New York.
Anonymous sale 'Sold for the benefit of the Belgian Prisoners of War Fund' [M. Guillaume]; Christie's, London, 14 January 1944, lot 135, as 'Lucas van Valckenburg' (51 gns. to Langford).
Lipinsky (according to an inscription on the reverse).

Notes

THE PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTOR

Noting that this is a characteristic work of Marten van Valckenborch's late style, Alexander Wied has suggested that the 'L VV' monogram may have been added by another hand, but early in the picture's history (loc. cit.).

Auction Details

Old Master & 19th Century Paintings, Drawings & Watercolours (Day Sale)

Christie's

December 08, 2010, 12:00 AM GMT

8 King Street, St. James's, London, LDN, SW1Y 6QT, UK

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