The Virgin Annunciate; and The Angel of the Annunciation
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HENDRICK BLOEMAERT (Utrecht 1601-1672)
The Virgin Annunciate; and The Angel of the Annunciation
both signed and dated 'HBloemaert.fe./1632.' ('HB' linked, the first center left, the second lower left)
oil on panel
27¼ x 21¾ in. (69.3 x 55.2 cm.)
both bear inscription 'SCHOT no.7' on the reverse
a pair (2)
Provenance
Leonardus Nardus, Muller, Amsterdam, 27 November 1917, lot 35.
Consul General Hjalmar Hartmann, Copenhagen, by 1944, and by descent to Hjalmar Hartmann, Hellerup, circa 1960.
Literature
M. Roethlisberger, Abraham Bloemaert and his sons, Ghent, 1993, pp. 498-99, under 'other paintings of this subject'.
Lot Essay
We are grateful to Professor Marcel Roethlisberger for confirming the attribution on the basis of transparencies.