The Temptation of St. Anthony
Joos van Craesbeeck (Neerlinter 1605 - Brüssel 1661)
Lot-No. 394
Proceeds : 20.200 €
Oil/canvas, 45,5 x 59 cm, lo. middle monogr. CB, min. rest., relined. - The painting was recently professionally cleaned. In the process, an overpainted area in the right background was uncovered, where the original row of windows can now be seen again. - Literature: The painting is publishes with ill. in: K. de Clippel: J. v. C., 2006, vol. 1, p. 120, lot A4 und vol. 2, p. 455, ill. 4. - Provenance: Phillips Auctioneers, London, 07.07.1998, lot. 28, as Egbert van Heemskerck. - Flemish figure and history painter. C. was first a baker, before he learned painting from A. Brouwer from 1633. In 1634 at the latest, he became a member of the Guild of St. Luke in Antwerp, and in 1651 of the Guild of St. Luke in Brussels. Mus.: Paris (Louvre), Madrid (Prado), Vienna (Kunsthist. Mus.), Antwerp, Brussels, Kassel a. others. Lit.: AKL, Thieme-Becker.
Joos van Craesbeeck: The Temptation of St. Anthony
Joos van Craesbeeck (Neerlinter 1605 - Brüssel 1661)
The Temptation of St. Anthony
Lot-No. 394
Proceeds : 20.200 €
Oil/canvas, 45,5 x 59 cm, lo. middle monogr. CB, min. rest., relined. - The painting was recently professionally cleaned. In the process, an overpainted area in the right background was uncovered, where the original row of windows can now be seen again. - Literature: The painting is publishes with ill. in: K. de Clippel: J. v. C., 2006, vol. 1, p. 120, lot A4 und vol. 2, p. 455, ill. 4. - Provenance: Phillips Auctioneers, London, 07.07.1998, lot. 28, as Egbert van Heemskerck. - Flemish figure and history painter. C. was first a baker, before he learned painting from A. Brouwer from 1633. In 1634 at the latest, he became a member of the Guild of St. Luke in Antwerp, and in 1651 of the Guild of St. Luke in Brussels. Mus.: Paris (Louvre), Madrid (Prado), Vienna (Kunsthist. Mus.), Antwerp, Brussels, Kassel a. others. Lit.: AKL, Thieme-Becker.
