Lot 103
103
The Master of the van Groote Adoration (active Antwerp, 1510-20)
The Master of the van Groote Adoration (active Antwerp, 1510-20)
The Master of the van Groote Adoration (active Antwerp, 1510-20)
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The Master of the van Groote Adoration (active Antwerp 1510-20)

Two wings of an altarpiece: Saint Anthony Abbot with a kneeling donor and his five sons; and Saint Catherine with a kneeling female donor and her six daughters

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The Master of the van Groote Adoration (active Antwerp 1510-20)
Two wings of an altarpiece: Saint Anthony Abbot with a kneeling donor and his five sons; and Saint Catherine with a kneeling female donor and her six daughters

oil on panel
32 ½ x 12 1/8 in. (82.6 x 30.9 cm.)
(2)a pair
Provenance
with Luigi Grassi, Florence, 1903.
with Lawrie & Co., London; (†) Christie's, London, 28 January 1905, lot 73, as 'H. de Bles' (110 gns. to Pursley[?] & Co.).
Harald Bendixson, Roxley House, Willian, Hertfordshire; (†) Christie's, London, 5 July 1929, lot 120, as 'Cornelisz. van Oostsanen' (160 gns. to Sparo[?]).
Anonymous sale [Commander Bush, Frampton Lodge, Frampton on Severn, Gloucestershire]; Christie's, London, 9 April 1954, lot 117, as 'Cornelisz. van Oostsanen’ (400 gns.).
Literature
M.J. Friedländer, Die Altniederländische Malerei, XI, Leiden, 1924, pp. 36 and 119, no. 31.
M.J. Friedländer, Early Netherlandish Painting, XI, Leiden, 1974, pp. 24 and 70, no. 31, pl. 40.

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Lot Essay

We are grateful to Peter van den Brink for confirming the attribution on the basis of photographs. The panels originally formed the wings of an altarpiece, probably a triptych. While the subject of the central panel is unknown, it most likely depicted an Adoration of the Magi or Nativity, rather than a Crucifixion, since the donor figures are looking downward.

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