The Old Masters category features an extensive selection that comprises the entire painterly oeuvre up until 1800. Here you will find Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque, and Classical paintings, which in turn are subdivided according to a large number of different terms relating to period and to regional characteristics.
Two artists whose names bring to mind opulent floral still lifes are Jan Brueghel the Elder and Jan Brueghel the Younger. Outstanding works with splendid blossoms by both masters have gone under the hammer at im Kinsky, including “Bouquet in a Clay Vase” (sold for €2,200,000) and “Flowers in Basket and Tazza” (sold for €275,000).
Other masters who had their beginnings in today’s Belgium and The Netherlands and enjoy great popularity at our auctions include Jan van Goyen, Jacob van Walscapelle, Jan Davidsz. de Heem, and Adriaen van Stalbemt. Rembrandt’s 1656 print “Abraham Entertaining the Angels” also elicited spirited bidding, which ended with a winning bid of €63,000.
For those whose taste runs to art from farther south, im Kinsky offers Venetian vedute like “The Grand Canal, Venice, Looking East, with the Church of Santa Maria della Salute”, by a follower of Canaletto (sold for €530,000), and high-quality figure paintings such as Sassoferrato’s “Madonna with Child” (sold for €119,000).
Another of our specialities is art of the Austrian Baroque. An important name in this regard is Johann Georg Platzer, whose pendants “Adoration of the Shepherds” and “Descent from the Cross” fetched €450,000. “Family Portrait”, by Martin Johann Schmidt, known as Kremser Schmidt, was sold for €478,000.
Attributing the generally unsigned works to certain artists or workshops requires profound knowledge and close collaboration with international institutions, archives, and experts. Precise picture analyses, examinations of the picture medium, and research into the image’s iconography all form the basis for our assurance of the highest quality.
It is of utmost importance to us to meet our high quality standards and your expectations. For this reason, we place great emphasis on extensive research and always take into consideration the latest research findings.
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Great names at a glance
- Martin Johann Schmidt
- Otto Marseus van Schrieck
- Angelika Kauffmann
- Jan Brueghel the Older
- Jan Brueghel the Younger
- Bernardo Bellotto
- Peter Paul Rubens
- Rembrandt van Rijn
- Jusepe de Ribera
- Antonio Canal
- Johann Georg Platzer
- Dirck van Delen
- Adriaen van Stalbemt
- Jan van Goyen
- Jacob van Walscapelle
- Jan Davidsz. De Heem
- Frans Hals
- Giovanni Battista Salvi
- Nicolaes Claes Berchem
- Johann Baptist Drechsler
- Franz Christoph Janneck
- Frans Francken
Top auction results
0065
The expulsion from paradise, c. 1650
Estimate: € 20.000 - 40.000
Realized price: € 51.200 (incl. fees and Austrian VAT)
Auction is closed.0032
Christ on Calvary, late 1620s
Estimate: € 25.000 - 50.000
Realized price: € 42.240 (incl. fees and Austrian VAT)
Auction is closed.0026
Flower basket and vase, 1630s
Estimate: € 40.000 - 80.000
Realized price: € 51.200 (incl. fees and Austrian VAT)
Auction is closed.0072
Hans Rottenhammer, Jan Brueghel the Elder
The judgement of Midas, c. 1600
Estimate: € 50.000 - 100.000
Realized price: € 64.000 (incl. fees and Austrian VAT)
Auction is closed.0131
View of the Doge's Palace in Venice, c. 1780
Estimate: € 25.000 - 50.000
Realized price: € 51.200 (incl. fees and Austrian VAT)
Auction is closed.0120
Circle of Peter Paul Rubens
Portrait of a man in a black robe with white collar
Estimate: € 25.000 - 50.000
Realized price: € 115.200 (incl. fees and Austrian VAT)
Auction is closed.0015
Baptism of Christ, c. 1630-35
Estimate: € 15.000 - 30.000
Realized price: € 39.680 (incl. fees and Austrian VAT)
Auction is closed.0052
Circle of Cornelis de Vos
Portrait of a young woman, 1619
Estimate: € 35.000 - 70.000
Realized price: € 83.200 (incl. fees and Austrian VAT)
Auction is closed.0085
Attributed to Sebastian Vrancx
Winter carnival with ice skaters in front of the Kipdorppoort Bastion in Antwerp, c. 1620
Estimate: € 100.000 - 200.000
Realized price: € 422.400 (incl. fees and Austrian VAT)
Auction is closed.0068
Circle of Peter Paul Rubens
Head of a Satyr (detail from the Medici-series: „Happiness of the regency of Marie de Medici“)
Estimate: € 25.000 - 50.000
Realized price: € 42.240 (incl. fees and Austrian VAT)
Auction is closed.0033
Follower of Pieter Brueghel the Younger
"Der Bauernadvokat", 1st half of 17th century
Estimate: € 50.000 - 100.000
Realized price: € 115.200 (incl. fees and Austrian VAT)
Auction is closed.0012
Signature of van Kessel, formed from animals, 1650s
Estimate: € 70.000 - 140.000
Realized price: € 128.000 (incl. fees and Austrian VAT)
Auction is closed.0070
"Das Sakrament the letzten Salbung" (church interior), 1600
Estimate: € 25.000 - 50.000
Realized price: € 40.960 (incl. fees and Austrian VAT)
Auction is closed.0002
Madonna with child and two angels
Estimate: € 35.000 - 70.000
Realized price: € 64.000 (incl. fees and Austrian VAT)
Auction is closed.1014
Charivari , c. 1640
Estimate: € 25.000 - 50.000
Realized price: € 51.200 (incl. fees and Austrian VAT)
Auction is closed.1006
Forest floor still life with poppy, lizard and snake, c. 1670
Estimate: € 15.000 - 30.000
Realized price: € 42.240 (incl. fees and Austrian VAT)
Auction is closed.1065
Council of Chalcedony (study), 1762/63
Estimate: € 5.000 - 10.000
Realized price: € 44.800 (incl. fees and Austrian VAT)
Auction is closed.1031
Paradise landscape with the creation of Eve, 1630s
Estimate: € 50.000 - 100.000
Realized price: € 85.760 (incl. fees and Austrian VAT)
Auction is closed.0031
The mystical marriage of Saint Catherine, c. 1670
Estimate: € 20.000 - 40.000
Realized price: € 30.720 (incl. fees and Austrian VAT)
Auction is closed.0057
Presentation at the temple, around or before 1583
Estimate: € 35.000 - 70.000
Realized price: € 64.000 (incl. fees and Austrian VAT)
Auction is closed.0010
The adoration of the Magi, c. 1520
Estimate: € 35.000 - 70.000
Realized price: € 70.400 (incl. fees and Austrian VAT)
Auction is closed.0016
Circle of Michele Marieschi
Piazza San Marco in Venice ("Piazza di San Marco verso la basilica")
Estimate: € 15.000 - 30.000
Realized price: € 52.480 (incl. fees and Austrian VAT)
Auction is closed.0003
The Virgin and Child with St. Anne, c. 1520
Estimate: € 25.000 - 50.000
Realized price: € 38.400 (incl. fees and Austrian VAT)
Auction is closed.0065
Abraham Brueghel, Guillaume Courtois
Flora with cherubs and flowers in Italian landscape, 1670s
Estimate: € 50.000 - 80.000
Realized price: € 96.000 (incl. fees and Austrian VAT)
Auction is closed.0029
Hendrik van Balen, Jan Brueghel the Younger
Allegory of the Four Elements, 1630s
Estimate: € 15.000 - 25.000
Realized price: € 38.400 (incl. fees and Austrian VAT)
Auction is closed.0001
Studio of Lucas Cranach the Younger
The adoration of the magi, c. 1560-70
Estimate: € 15.000 - 30.000
Realized price: € 57.600 (incl. fees and Austrian VAT)
Auction is closed.0065
Cavalry battle in a wooded landscape
Estimate: € 12.000 - 20.000
Realized price: € 21.760 (incl. fees and Austrian VAT)
Auction is closed.0044
Cupid with bow and arrow in a landscape, 1827
Estimate: € 50.000 - 80.000
Realized price: € 122.880 (incl. fees and Austrian VAT)
Auction is closed.0017
Portrait of Archduchess Elisabeth (1526-1545), 1537
Estimate: € 50.000 - 100.000
Realized price: € 70.400 (incl. fees and Austrian VAT)
Auction is closed.0016
Portrait of Archduke Maximilian (1527-1576), 1537
Estimate: € 50.000 - 100.000
Realized price: € 70.400 (incl. fees and Austrian VAT)
Auction is closed.0056
A village kermesse with peasants dancing, c. 1646
Estimate: € 50.000 - 100.000
Realized price: € 89.600 (incl. fees and Austrian VAT)
Auction is closed.0037
Kitchen still life, 1646
Estimate: € 50.000 - 100.000
Realized price: € 70.400 (incl. fees and Austrian VAT)
Auction is closed.0621
Rinaldo and Armida, 1634
Estimate: € 35.000 - 70.000
Realized price: € 64.000 (incl. fees and Austrian VAT)
Auction is closed.0601
Forest ground still life
Estimate: ▲€ 8.000 - 16.000
Realized price: ▲€ 35.840 (incl. fees and Austrian VAT)
Auction is closed.0634
The four elements, c. 1620
Estimate: € 35.000 - 70.000
Realized price: € 57.600 (incl. fees and Austrian VAT)
Auction is closed.0460
Boerenvreughd: Fight of the peasants against the Spaniards, c. 1610
Estimate: € 25.000 - 50.000
Realized price: € 76.800 (incl. fees and Austrian VAT)
Auction is closed.0487
Artist of the 15th/16th Century
Saints with scroll (counterparts)
Estimate: € 1.500 - 3.000
Realized price: € 147.200 (incl. fees and Austrian VAT)
Auction is closed.0612
Caravaggio , circle of
Christ with the crown of thorns, c. 1620/30
Estimate: € 10.000
Realized price: € 70.400 (incl. fees and Austrian VAT)
Auction is closed.0695
Still life with grapes, peaches and a fly, 1690s
Estimate: € 25.000 - 50.000
Realized price: € 74.240 (incl. fees and Austrian VAT)
Auction is closed.0691
Bouquet of flowers with butterflies, 1670s
Estimate: € 35.000 - 70.000
Realized price: € 74.240 (incl. fees and Austrian VAT)
Auction is closed.
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