Lot Essay
After the celebrated triptych of 1612-14, commissioned by the Guild of Haakbusschutters, in Antwerp Cathedral.
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A triptych: the central panel: The Descent from the Cross; the left wing: The Presentation in the Temple; the right wing: The Visitation; the left wing, outer face: The Hermit; the right wing, outer face: Saint Christopher
Details
Ferdinand De Braekeleer (Belgium 1792-1883) after Sir Peter Paul Rubens
A triptych: the central panel: The Descent from the Cross; the left wing: The Presentation in the Temple; the right wing: The Visitation; the left wing, outer face: The Hermit; the right wing, outer face: Saint Christopher
signed and inscribed 'F De Braekeleer Antwerp' (central compmartment, lower right), 'Copied from Rubens Descent from the Cross when taken down from the place in the Cathedral during the siege of the French. Bought by I.H. Perkins - 1812' (according to a label on the reverse)
oil on panel
81.2 x 64.4 cm. (the central panel); 76.2 x 28.2 cm. (wings in intergral frames)
A triptych: the central panel: The Descent from the Cross; the left wing: The Presentation in the Temple; the right wing: The Visitation; the left wing, outer face: The Hermit; the right wing, outer face: Saint Christopher
signed and inscribed 'F De Braekeleer Antwerp' (central compmartment, lower right), 'Copied from Rubens Descent from the Cross when taken down from the place in the Cathedral during the siege of the French. Bought by I.H. Perkins - 1812' (according to a label on the reverse)
oil on panel
81.2 x 64.4 cm. (the central panel); 76.2 x 28.2 cm. (wings in intergral frames)
Special notice
'' ! '' :This Lot is imported from outside the EU. The Buyer's Premium is calculated as 30.505% of the hammer price up to a value of €110,000 plus 19.2% of any amount in excess of €110,000.
Sale room notice
Please note that the wing panels are not integral to the frame.