Antwerp

Rose water basin, Gujarat (India), the mounts: Nuremberg or Antwerp, around 1540. Silver, driven, cast, chased, hallmarked, gilded, wood, painted green on a cream background (basin), copper (pot), mother-of-pearl, cut. Diameter: 56 cm, H 8,6 cm; Weight: 4911 g. Green Vault, IV 181. © Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden. The pompous basin covered with mother-of-pearl tiles and the corresponding pot of the same material (IV 256) were imported to southern Germany via Portuguese traders from Gujarat in north-western India. In... [Lire la suite]

Mother-of-pearl jug, Gujarat (India), the mounts: Nuremberg or Antwerp, around 1540. Silver, driven, cast, chased, hallmarked, gilded, copper (pot), mother-of-pearl, cut. H 29.0 cm, W 23.3 cm, dia foot 15.9 cm; Weight: 1392 g. Green Vault, IV 256. © Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden. The jug, densely covered with mother-of-pearl tiles, and the pomp of the same material (IV 181) were imported to southern Germany via Portuguese traders from Gujarat in north-western India. In Nuremberg or Antwerp, around 1540, the two... [Lire la suite]

Pair of candle holders in the shape of angels with spread wings. A follower of Palissy (Agen 1510-1589/90 Paris), a painter, potter and scholar. Polychrome earthenware. Late 16th century. H 32 cm. Courtesy Galerie ‘Art et Patrimoine’ Comparable with a pair in the Metropolitan Museum, New YorkProvenance: former Boucault collection Columbine shaped hanap, Nuremberg. Silversmith: Philip Plapert, between 1637-1665. Engraved and embossed silver. H 31.5 cm. Courtesy Galerie ‘Art et... [Lire la suite]

Lot 527. Important wedding cabinet, Antwerp, 17th century. Estimate: € 20000-30000. Photo Hampel  Height: 185 cm. Width: 143 cm. Depth: 56.5 cm.  Oak structure with ebonised wood veneer and tortoiseshell with red underlay. Gilt-bronze and bone fittings. With key. Restored, with minimal damage and signs of aging.  Hampel. Wednesday, December 7, 2016  

Johann Zoffani (1733-1810), Francis I (1708-1765), 1776-77, canvas 232 x 149 cm © KHM-Museumsverband. VIENNA.- As part of the 125th anniversary celebrations of the Kunsthistorisches Museum the Coin Collection is showing a special exhibition featuring selected gold coins from the Imperial Numophylaciums, the Emperor’s coin collection. Renowned for its size and the quality and rarity of its holdings, the world-famous collection in Vienna owes its fame to generations of Austrian rulers and their... [Lire la suite]

Lot 156. Nicolaes van Veerendael (Antwerp 1640 - 1691), Still life with a tulip, a rose, a carnation and other flowers in a glass vase, on a stone ledge, signed lower right: .Verendael, oil on oak panel, 32 x 23.9 cm.; 12 5/8  x 9 3/8  in. Estimate 30,000 — 50,000 GBP. Lot sold 75,000 GBP. Photo: Sotheby's. Provenance: Private collection, France;With Johnny van Haeften, London, from whom acquired by the present owner.  Sotheby's. Old Masters Day Sale,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 134. Joris van Son (Antwerp 1623 - 1667), A 'Pronk' still life of grapes, cherries, walnuts and a peeled lemon, with oysters on a pewter plate, and a glass roemer, wine glass and gilt goblet, all on a draped table, signed lower left: J. van. SON . f ., oil on oak panel, 50 x 65.9 cm.; 19 5/8  x 26 in. Estimate 30,000 — 50,000 GBP. Lot sold 106,250 GBP. Photo: Sotheby's. Provenance: With Dowdeswell and Dowdeswell, London (according to a mount... [Lire la suite]

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... [Lire la suite]

A Flemish silvered and brass-mounted ebony and ebonised cabinet-on-stand inset with painted panels, the panels circle of Hendrick Van Balen I, Antwerp, First half 17th century, the stand later. Estimate £40,000 - £60,000 ($61,280 - $91,920). Price Realized £68,500 ($104,942). Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2015. The hinged rectangular top enclosing a paper-lined compartment and painted panel to the reverse, above a pair of panelled doors with painted panels to the reverse, enclosing an architectural interior with ten... [Lire la suite]

A Flemish ebony and tortoiseshell veneered cabinet on stand, Antwerp late 17th century, the stand 19th century. Photo Sotheby's the cabinet with panels with raised mouldings, the hinged top with an inset painted panel to the interior, the pair of doors below enclosing an arrangement of eight drawers painted with mythological scenes, with a central architectural arched door below a broken pediment flanked by columns, the reverse of the cupboard doors similarly painted, on a later ebonised and tortoiseshell veneered... [Lire la suite]