Auction House

Auction: Old Master Paintings

28. June 2022, 3:00 pm

Object overview
Object

0105

„Death playing the violin“
probably late 1630s
oil on panel
19 x 15 cm

Provenance

Sotheby's London, 22nd January 1975, lot 120;
private collection, Austria

Literature

Ursula Härting, Frans Francken der Jüngere (1581-1642). Die Gemälde mit kritischem Œuvrekatalog, Freren 1989, p. 357-59, no. 401 (as „Der geigende Tod")
Ursula Härting: Studien zur Kabinettmalerei des Frans Francken II. Hildesheim 1983, no. A306c (as „Der Tod als Verkünder der Vergänglichkeit")

Certificate by Dr. Ursula Härting, Hamm, 16th May 2022, is enclosed.
Certificate by Dr. Hans Herbst, Vienna, 24th May 1976, is enclosed.
Certificate by Dr. Walther Bernt, Munich, 26th February 1976, is enclosed.

Estimate: € 15.000 - 30.000
Result: € 32.000 (incl. fees)
Auction is closed.