Francis Mouton
@auctionaugur.bsky.social
Art historian looking for interesting stories in old master auctions
Worse than "are we humans, or are we dancers"?
January 23, 2026 at 8:18 AM
Worse than "are we humans, or are we dancers"?
More like this one from the Mauritshuis...
January 22, 2026 at 2:40 PM
More like this one from the Mauritshuis...
Could have done with a painting or one of these large maps Vermeer placed in such a position, or a three-lobed window see-through to a city like a 15th century Flemish painting. But perhaps this was more realistic? Certainly less labour-intensive.
January 22, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Could have done with a painting or one of these large maps Vermeer placed in such a position, or a three-lobed window see-through to a city like a 15th century Flemish painting. But perhaps this was more realistic? Certainly less labour-intensive.
more, including the 1926 sale? I guess they just lack the all-important owner in 1940-1941. RKD attributes the work to Jan Olis, not to Palamedesz. www.kunstverwaltung.bund.de/SharedDocs/P... www.lostart.de/de/fund/obje... research.rkd.nl/nl/detail/ht...
Startseite - Tafelnde und tanzende Gesellschaft - Festliche Tischgesellschaft mit Musikanten und tanzendem Paar
Der niederländische Porträt- und Genremaler Anthonie Palamedesz, auch Stevers genannt, lebte von 1601 bis 1673.1 Seine genauen Darstellungen des zeitgenössischen Volkslebens machten seine Gemälde zu ...
www.kunstverwaltung.bund.de
January 22, 2026 at 1:39 PM
more, including the 1926 sale? I guess they just lack the all-important owner in 1940-1941. RKD attributes the work to Jan Olis, not to Palamedesz. www.kunstverwaltung.bund.de/SharedDocs/P... www.lostart.de/de/fund/obje... research.rkd.nl/nl/detail/ht...
Don't know if yours was red of course :-)
January 16, 2026 at 2:11 PM
Don't know if yours was red of course :-)
In 1926 it already had a "cadre en bois sculpté et doré" but impossible to know from that description if it was the same frame, the auction catalogue image shows it without the frame...
January 16, 2026 at 8:31 AM
In 1926 it already had a "cadre en bois sculpté et doré" but impossible to know from that description if it was the same frame, the auction catalogue image shows it without the frame...
Rik Wouters vibes
January 16, 2026 at 8:28 AM
Rik Wouters vibes