Live Auction 3055Old Masters & 19th century Art - (including Dutch Impressionism)
Studio of Gerard David (Oudewater 1440/70-1523 Bruges)
Lot 16

Studio of Gerard David (Oudewater 1440/70-1523 Bruges)

The Baptism of Christ, Saint John the Baptist preaching in a wooded glen beyond

Closed24 June 2015

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Studio of Gerard David (Oudewater 1440/70-1523 Bruges)
The Baptism of Christ, Saint John the Baptist preaching in a wooded glen beyond
oil on panel
31.7 x 25.5 cm.

with Harris, London, by 1920, as Adriaen Isenbrant.
with Leo Blumenreich (1884-1932), Berlin, as Adriaen Isenbrant.
with Colnaghi, London by 1947-49, as Adriaen Isenbrant.
with Thomas Agnew, London, by 1953, as Adriaen Isenbrant.
with P. de Boer, Amsterdam, by 1959, as Adriaen Isenbrant.
Private collection, The Netherlands, by 1961, as Adriaen Isenbrant.

Specialist note

Both the subject and compositional parts of the present lot recall Gerard David's altarpiece The Baptism of Christ, which was ordered by the Bruges treasurer Jan de Trompes in 1502 (now in the Groeningemuseum, Bruges). Also, The Garden of Gethsemane in the Museum of Fine arts, Strasbourg, by Gerard David (see: Peinture flamande et hollandaise XVè-XVIIIè siècle: Collection du Musée des Beaux-Arts, Strasbourg, 2009, pp. 27-28, no. 6) shows strong similarities to the present work.

This lot is accompanied with a copy of a certificate by Prof. dr. Peter Klein, who recently researched the panel. His dendrochronological report states the year of 1508 as the earliest likely date of use for the panel.