Lot No. 161


Frans Francken II and Workshop


Frans Francken II and Workshop - Old Master Paintings

(Antwerp 1581–1642)
Solomon’s Idolatry(1, Kings 11),
oil on panel, 64 x 49.5 cm, framed

Provenance:
Dorotheum Wien, 11 December 2008, lot 42;
Private collection, Germany

In the Book of Kings, we learn that Solomon practiced polygymy and allegedly had 700 wives and 300 concubines. His consorts talked Solomon into worshipping their false idols and make offerings to them. God punished the disobedient king for the sacrilege by dividing his empire, which resulted in several wars. The artist’s catalogue raisonné (U. Härting, Frans Francken der Jüngere, Freren, 1989) lists several versions on this subject. The present painting is most closely related to a composition on copper, which was once in the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Liège, but is now lost.

Specialist: Damian Brenninkmeyer Damian Brenninkmeyer
+43 1 515 60 403

old.masters@dorotheum.com

19.04.2016 - 18:00

Estimate:
EUR 7,000.- to EUR 10,000.-

Frans Francken II and Workshop


(Antwerp 1581–1642)
Solomon’s Idolatry(1, Kings 11),
oil on panel, 64 x 49.5 cm, framed

Provenance:
Dorotheum Wien, 11 December 2008, lot 42;
Private collection, Germany

In the Book of Kings, we learn that Solomon practiced polygymy and allegedly had 700 wives and 300 concubines. His consorts talked Solomon into worshipping their false idols and make offerings to them. God punished the disobedient king for the sacrilege by dividing his empire, which resulted in several wars. The artist’s catalogue raisonné (U. Härting, Frans Francken der Jüngere, Freren, 1989) lists several versions on this subject. The present painting is most closely related to a composition on copper, which was once in the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Liège, but is now lost.

Specialist: Damian Brenninkmeyer Damian Brenninkmeyer
+43 1 515 60 403

old.masters@dorotheum.com


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Auction: Old Master Paintings
Auction type: Saleroom auction
Date: 19.04.2016 - 18:00
Location: Vienna | Palais Dorotheum
Exhibition: 09.04. - 19.04.2016

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