Lot No. 77 #


Artus Wolfaerts


Artus Wolfaerts - Old Master Paintings

(Antwerp 1581–1641)
Mary Magdalene Anointing Christ’s Feet in the House of Simon the Pharisee,
oil on canvas, 159 x 204.5 cm, framed

Provenance:
Sale, Sotheby’s, London, 4 November 2009, lot 56

The present painting is an important work by the Flemish painter Artus Wolfaerts. Having become a master of the Antwerp Guild of Saint Luke in 1616/17, he established one of the town’s leading workshops. Wolfaerts painted religious subjects, including numerous altarpieces, as well as mythological scenes. In 1635 he contributed to the decoration of the ‘Pompa Introitus Ferdinandi’ in Antwerp.

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

damian.brenninkmeyer@dorotheum.at

21.04.2015 - 18:00

Realized price: **
EUR 93,047.-
Estimate:
EUR 40,000.- to EUR 60,000.-

Artus Wolfaerts


(Antwerp 1581–1641)
Mary Magdalene Anointing Christ’s Feet in the House of Simon the Pharisee,
oil on canvas, 159 x 204.5 cm, framed

Provenance:
Sale, Sotheby’s, London, 4 November 2009, lot 56

The present painting is an important work by the Flemish painter Artus Wolfaerts. Having become a master of the Antwerp Guild of Saint Luke in 1616/17, he established one of the town’s leading workshops. Wolfaerts painted religious subjects, including numerous altarpieces, as well as mythological scenes. In 1635 he contributed to the decoration of the ‘Pompa Introitus Ferdinandi’ in Antwerp.

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

damian.brenninkmeyer@dorotheum.at


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Auction: Old Master Paintings
Auction type: Saleroom auction
Date: 21.04.2015 - 18:00
Location: Vienna | Palais Dorotheum
Exhibition: 11.04. - 21.04.2015


** Purchase price incl. buyer's premium and VAT(Country of delivery: Austria)

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