A few OMNP picks from Doyle’s sale of Old Master paintings on Wednesday, October 22nd. Doyle’s sale focuses on affordable lots, priced under $10,000. Lots like 2003, offer statement making pieces (the painting’s measurements are about 7 x 9 feet) for modest prices.
Click on each image for further lot information from Doyle’s website.
Lot 2003
French School
18th Century
Antique Wedding
Oil on canvas
83 x 102 inches (210.8 x 259.1 cm)
Unframed
It has been suggested that this work represents the first meeting of Paris and Helen of Troy.
Estimate $8,000-12,000
Lot 2044
Attributed to Jan Coelenbier
Driving Cattle Before a Country Cottage
Bears signature JvG and date 1649 (lr)
Oil on panel
14 1/4 x 19 3/4 inches (36.2 x 50.2 cm)
Unframed
Provenance:
Galerie Fischer, Lucerne, Swizterland, August 30, 1937, lot 1666.
Marijke C. de Kinkelder of the Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie, The Hague, suggests that the period of dated works for Jan Coelenbier, 1640-1646, can be extended if 1649 is in fact the original date of this work.
Doyle New York would like to thank Dr. Marijke C. de Kinkelder for her kind assistance in cataloguing this work.
Estimate $3,000-5,000
Lot 2060
Circle of Bartolome Esteban Murillo
Saint Joseph and the Christ Child Surrounded by Putti
Oil on canvas laid to panel
9 7/8 x 7 1/8 inches (25 x 18.2 cm)
Estimate $1,200-1,800
Frame rubbing. Scattered craquelure. Light surface dirt. Panel is cradled on the reverse. Minor spots of inpainting along the lower left edge as well as in the lower part of St. Joseph’’s robe. Nothing further visible under UV light. Condition commensurate with age.
