Studio of Frans Floris (Antwerp 1519-1570)

Adam and Eve with their children Cain and Abel, the scene of the Expulsion from the Garden of Eden beyond

Details

Studio of Frans Floris (Antwerp 1519-1570)
Adam and Eve with their children Cain and Abel, the scene of the Expulsion from the Garden of Eden beyond
oil on canvas
144.9 x 195.7 cm.

Provenance

J. Blitz, Rotterdam, before 1933.
In the Custody of the Dutch Government.
Restituted to J. Blitz's daughter Mrs. Kuiper-Blitz, Pretoria, South Africa, from whom purchased by the present owner in 1960 .

Literature

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, ill.
G. J. Hoogewerff, De Noord-Nederlandse Schilderkunst, Den Haag, 1941-2, IV, pp. 590-1, no. 281, as A. van Blocklandt, ill.
I. Jost, Studien zu Anthonis Blocklandt, Naumburg, 1960, p. 220, as possibly Floris or his workshop.

Exhibited

Rotterdam, Museum Boymans- van Beuningen, circa 1932-33, given on loan by J. Blitz.
Utrecht, Centraal Museum, Catalogus der Schilderijen, 1933, pp. 6-7, no. 9, as A. Blocklandt, given on loan by J. Blitz.
The Hague, Sint Jacobuskerk, 2014, on loan by the present owner.

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Lot Essay

The present composition is likely to be a studio version after the composition by Frans Floris in the Musée Baron Gerard, Bayeux. Another, almost identical composition by Floris is in the Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp.

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