Live Auction 3709Old Master Paintings & Sculpture Part II
Frans Francken II (Antwerp 1581-1642)
Lot 228

Frans Francken II (Antwerp 1581-1642)

The Last Judgment

Closed29 January 2015

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Frans Francken II (Antwerp 1581-1642)
The Last Judgment
signed and dated 'D.I. F.FRANKEN FECIT / INVENTOR Ao 1606' (lower left)
oil on copper, the reverse stamped with the makers mark of Peeter Stas (c. 1564-after 1616) and the date 1604
26 x 19 7/8 in. (66 x 50.5 cm.)

Anonymous sale; De Vuyst, Lokeren, 7 March 1998, lot 526.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Amsterdam, 2 November 2004, lot 46 (€62,400).

Specialist note

Punched into the back of this large copper panel is the mark of the Antwerp coppersmith Pieter Stas, which consists of his initials inside a heart-shaped design, along with the two hands which were the symbols of the Antwerp guild. The reverse is also inscribed with the date "Anno 1604", and an inscription which reads "Guido Vniu / del / Franch Ollan/ dese / n. 11."