The Mocking of Christ

Details

Circle of David Teniers I (Antwerp 1582-1649)
The Mocking of Christ
oil on copper, stamped on the reverse with the maker's mark
35.1 x 28.5 cm.

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Lot Essay

The plate maker's mark on the reverse reads KW (see J. Wadum, 'Antwerp copper plates', Copper as Canvas. Two Centuries of Masterpiece Paintings on Copper, 1575-1775, New York and Oxford, 1999, p. 103). This mark can also be found on copper plates used by Jan Brueghel I, Abraham Govaerts, Ambrosius Bosschaert I, Frans Francken II, Otto van Veen and others. It can therefore be assumed that the coppersmith worked in Antwerp in the early 17th Century.

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