The Virgin and Child with the young Saint John the Baptist, surrounded by a cartouche with floral garlands

Details

Frans Ykens (Antwerp 1601-before 1693)
The Virgin and Child with the young Saint John the Baptist, surrounded by a cartouche with floral garlands
oil on panel laid down on another panel, the original panel stamped on the reverse with the panel-maker's mark of a six-pointed star and the mark of the City of Antwerp
72.9 x 56.1 cm.

Provenance

Anonymous sale, Fiévez, Brussels, 16 December 1929, lot 103, as signed.

Special notice

Christie's charges a Buyer's premium calculated at 23.205% of the hammer price for each lot with a value up to €110,000. If the hammer price of a lot exceeds €110,000 then the premium for the lot is calculated at 23.205% of the first €110,000 plus 11.9% of any amount in excess of €110,000. Buyer's Premium is calculated on this basis for each lot individually.

Lot Essay

The panel maker's mark '*' was used by an Antwerp workshop between 1619-1650; to date the name of this workshop is unknown.

We are grateful to Mr. Fred Meijer of the RKD for confirming the attribution for the still life elements to Ykens on the basis of a transparency. The Virgin and Child are probably the work of another hand.

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