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Attributed to Abel Grimmer (Antwerp c. 1570-1618/19)
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Attributed to Abel Grimmer (Antwerp c. 1570-1618/19)

A village celebrating the kermesse of Saint George

Fermé7 December 2011

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Attributed to Abel Grimmer (Antwerp c. 1570-1618/19)
A village celebrating the kermesse of Saint George
oil on panel
10 3/8 x 21½ in. (26.4 x 54.6 cm.)

The Gurdon family, Assington Hall, Essex (burnt down 1957), since at least the nineteenth century, and by descent to the present owner.

Note du spécialiste

This work appears to be unrecorded, but in the general structure and figure types it is close to the work of Abel Grimmer, a master in the Antwerp Guild of St. Luke. The composition loosely relates to a print by Nicolaes de Bruyn (Hollstein 171) based on a drawing by David Vinckboons now in Copenhagen (see K. Goossens, David Vinckboons, Soest, 1954, p. 64, fig. 30), which has traditionally been identified as 'The fair at Audenaarde or the kermesse of Saint George'.