Studio of Pieter Coecke van Aelst (1502-1550)
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Studio of Pieter Coecke van Aelst (1502-1550)

The Nativity; and The Flight into Egypt; The Annunciation, en grisaille, on the reverse: wings of an altarpiece

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Studio of Pieter Coecke van Aelst (1502-1550)
The Nativity; and The Flight into Egypt; The Annunciation, en grisaille, on the reverse: wings of an altarpiece
oil on panel
44.4 x 18.4 cm.
two (2)
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Lot Essay

These two altarpiece wings would presumably have originally flanked a central compartment depicting The Adoration of the Magi. Comparable wings are to be found in the triptych formerly in the Church of Santiago, Teruel (G. Marlier, La Renaissance Flamande, Pierre Coeck D'Alost, 1966, pp. 138-41, nos. 67 and 68, illustrated) and in that sold, Christie's, Amsterdam, 8 November 1999, lot 114, illustrated. As noted by Marlier, op. cit., Coecke van Aelst relied heavily upon the oeuvre of his father-in-law, Jan van Doornicke, for the compositions of his triptychs. That of the present lot, for example, follows the latter's altarpiece in the Barcilon collection, Paris (ibid., p. 137, no. 67, illustrated).

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