Lot 41: Studio of Frans Floris (Antwerp 1519-1570)

Studio of Frans Floris (Antwerp 1519-1570)
Adam and Eve with Cain and Abel
oil on canvas
144.9 x 193.65 cm.

Utrecht, Centraal Museum, Catalogus der Schilderijen, 1933, pp. 6-7, no. 9, as A. Blocklandt.

C. van de Velde, Frans Floris (1519/20-1570) Leven en Werken, Brussels, 1975, p. 331, (under no. 194), copy no. 1.
J. Vuyk, 'Anthonie Blocklandt van Montfoort', in Oud Holland, 1931, XLVIII, pp. 79-81, no. 9 as A. van Blocklandt, illustrated.
G. J. Hoogewerff, De Noord-Nederlandse Schilderkunst, Den Haag, 1941-2, IV, pp. 590-1, no. 281 as A. van Blocklandt, illustrated.
I. Jost, Studien zu Anthonis Blocklandt, Naumburg, 1960, p. 220, as possibly Floris or his workshop.

J. Blitz, Rotterdam, by whom given on loan to the Centraal Museum, Utrecht, 1933.
In the Custody of the Dutch Government.
Restituted to J. Blitz's daughter Mrs. Kuiper-Blitz, Pretoria, South Africa, 1960 from whom bought by the present owner.

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The present composition is a studio replica after the composition by Frans Floris in the Musée Baron Gerard, Bayeux.