Abel Grimmer (1570-Antwerp-1619), The Tower of Babel, Antwerp, 1595. Oil on panel, 72 x 92 cm. Signed and dated Antwerp, 1595. Galerie Florence de Voldère © TEFAF Maastricht, 2016

Provenance: Professor Fr. Wilhelm, Freiherr von Bissing, Munich (egyptologist)

Literature: C. Kramm, 1857, I, p. 605; H. Nasse, 1912, p. 325, ill. pl. 37; A. Laes, 1938, p. 37; H. Minkowski, 1960, p. 61, no. 189;H. Minkowski, 1991, pp. 172, 187, no. 257, ill. p. 186; R. de Bertier de Sauvigny, Jacob et Abel Grimmer, Brussels 1991, p. 189, no. I 

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Abel Grimmer (1570-Antwerp-1619), January, Antwerp, 1609. Oil on oak (six tondi). Diameter 25 cm. Galerie Florence de Voldère © TEFAF Maastricht, 2016

Provenance: Drouot Collection, probably from the beginning of the 17th century, until now 

Galerie Florence de Voldère (stand 368) at TEFAF Maastricht 2016

Directors: Florence de Voldère, Cyril SAYEGH, Daphné DOREL, Raphaël VILLEDIEU

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