Live Auction 2862Old Masters and 19th Century Art
Studio of Hendrick van Balen I (Antwerp 1573-1632) and Jan Brueghel I (Brussels 1568-1625 Antwerp)
Lot 19

Studio of Hendrick van Balen I (Antwerp 1573-1632) and Jan Brueghel I (Brussels 1568-1625 Antwerp)

The Feast of the Gods

Closed11 May 2011

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EUR 79,000

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Studio of Hendrick van Balen I (Antwerp 1573-1632) and Jan Brueghel I (Brussels 1568-1625 Antwerp)
The Feast of the Gods
with signature 'H. VAN BAELEN.' (lower left)
oil on panel
49.8 x 69.8 cm.
stamped with the panelmaker's mark 'MV' of Michiel Vriend (active 1615-1636) and the coat of arms of the city of Antwerp (on the reverse); and inscribed 'van Ballen N:16 S.S. 208. M. 939' (on the reverse)

Anonymous sale; Lempertz, Cologne, 4 December 1952, lot 1154, as 'Hendrik van Baelen'; where acquired by the father of the present owner.

Specialist note

Based on a composition by Hendrick van Balen I and Jan Brueghel I in a private collection, Roxburghshire (op.cit. p. 186, ill. p. 406, A 125).