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Old Master Paintings

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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  • 0065

    Jan Brueghel the Younger

    The expulsion from paradise, c. 1650

    Estimate: € 20.000 - 40.000
    Realized price: € 51.200 (incl. fees and Austrian VAT)
    Auction is closed.

  • 0032

    Jan Brueghel the Younger

    Christ on Calvary, late 1620s

    Estimate: € 25.000 - 50.000
    Realized price: € 42.240 (incl. fees and Austrian VAT)
    Auction is closed.

  • 0026

    Jan Brueghel the Younger

    Flower basket and vase, 1630s

    Estimate: € 40.000 - 80.000
    Realized price: € 51.200 (incl. fees and Austrian VAT)
    Auction is closed.

  • 0131

    Vincenzo Chilone

    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

    Jan Brueghel the Younger

    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

    Jan van Kessel the Elder

    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

    Hans Vredeman de Vries

    "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

    Neri Di Bicci

    Madonna with child and two angels

    Estimate: € 35.000 - 70.000
    Realized price: € 64.000 (incl. fees and Austrian VAT)
    Auction is closed.

  • 1014

    David Ryckaert

    Charivari , c. 1640

    Estimate: € 25.000 - 50.000
    Realized price: € 51.200 (incl. fees and Austrian VAT)
    Auction is closed.

  • 1006

    Otto Marseus van Schrieck

    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

    Joseph Wannenmacher

    Council of Chalcedony (study), 1762/63

    Estimate: € 5.000 - 10.000
    Realized price: € 44.800 (incl. fees and Austrian VAT)
    Auction is closed.

  • 1031

    Jan Brueghel the Younger

    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

    Domenico Maria Canuti

    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

    Lavinia Fontana

    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

    Antwerp Master

    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

    Augsburg School

    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.

  • 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

    Pieter Meulener

    Cavalry battle in a wooded landscape

    Estimate: € 12.000 - 20.000
    Realized price: € 21.760 (incl. fees and Austrian VAT)
    Auction is closed.

  • 0044

    Carl Josef Alois Agricola

    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

    Jakob Seisenegger

    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

    Jakob Seisenegger

    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

    Abraham Teniers

    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

    Adriaen van Utrecht

    Kitchen still life, 1646

    Estimate: € 50.000 - 100.000
    Realized price: € 70.400 (incl. fees and Austrian VAT)
    Auction is closed.

  • 0621

    Jacopo Vignali

    Rinaldo and Armida, 1634

    Estimate: € 35.000 - 70.000
    Realized price: € 64.000 (incl. fees and Austrian VAT)
    Auction is closed.

  • 0601

    Karl Wilhelm de Hamilton

    Forest ground still life

    Estimate: € 8.000 - 16.000
    Realized price: € 35.840 (incl. fees and Austrian VAT)
    Auction is closed.

  • 0634

    Abraham Govaerts

    The four elements, c. 1620

    Estimate: € 35.000 - 70.000
    Realized price: € 57.600 (incl. fees and Austrian VAT)
    Auction is closed.

  • 0460

    David Vinckboons

    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

    Rachel Ruysch

    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

    Otto Marseus van Schrieck

    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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