The Madonna and Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist

Details

Attributed to Erasmus Quellinus II (1607-1678)
The Madonna and Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist
oil on canvas
141.5 x 138 cm

Literature

J.-P. de Bruyn, Erasmus II Quellinus (1607-1678) - De schilderijen met catalogue raisonné, 1988, p.52 & pp.116/7, no.30, ill.
H. Vlieghe, "Een wazige kijk op Erasmus II Quellin. Bedenkingen bij recent onderzoek", Jaarboek Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp, 1993, p.302, no.30, as not by Quellinus.

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Lot Essay

Two versions of the present composition are known. J.-P. Bruyn, loc. cit, considers the present picture to be an autograph work by Quellinus, datable to circa 1640, while he believes the other version to be a studio replica. H. Vlieghe, loc. cit., however, rejects the attribution to Quellinus for the present picture.

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