Live Auction 2820Old Master and 19th Century Art
Studio of Frans Francken II (Antwerp 1581-1642)
Lot 32

Studio of Frans Francken II (Antwerp 1581-1642)

Christ before Pontius Pilate

Closed6 May 2009

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Studio of Frans Francken II (Antwerp 1581-1642)
Christ before Pontius Pilate
oil on copper laid down on panel
56 x 72.5 cm.

In the collection of the present owners for circa 50 years.

Specialist note

The subject was treated by Francken in several versions in the 1630s (see U. Härting, Frans Francken der Jüngere, Freren, 1989, pp. 283-5, nos. 195-201). The present work appears a subsequent invention by a pupil.