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Old Master Paintings I Montpelier Street, London I 10 April 2019 25228 Montpelier Street, London I 10 April 2019 Montpelier Street, Old Master Paintings Old Master Old Master Paintings I Montpelier Street, London I 10 April 2019 25228 Old Master Paintings Montpelier Street, London | Wednesday 10 April 2019, at 1pm BONHAMS BIDS ENQUIRIES Please see back of catalogue Montpelier Street +44 (0) 20 7447 7447 [email protected] for important notice to bidders Knightsbridge +44 (0) 20 7447 7401 fax +44 (0) 20 7468 8307 London SW7 1HH [email protected] ILLUSTRATIONS www.bonhams.com To bid via the internet please visit SPECIALISTS Front cover: Lot 208 (detail) www.bonhams.com Andrew McKenzie Back cover: Lot 249 (detail) VIEWING +44 (0) 20 7468 8261 Sunday 7 April TELEPHONE BIDDING [email protected] IMPORTANT INFORMATION 11am – 3pm Bidding by telephone will only be The United States Government Monday 8 April accepted on lots with a low Caroline Oliphant has banned the import of ivory 9am – 4.30pm estimate in excess of £500. +44 (0) 20 7468 8271 into the USA. 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[email protected] 2019 where charges will apply. Alban shipping will be Cadogan Tate will be Please note that Bonhams closed Friday 19 April 2019 closed Friday 19 April 2019 will be Closed from 5.30pm and Monday 22 April 2019 and Monday 22 April 2019 Thursday 18 April 2019 until for the Easter Holiday and for the Easter Holiday and 9am Tuesday 23 April 2019 will re-open from 9am will re-open from 9am for the Easter Holiday. Tuesday 23 April 2019 Tuesday 23 April 2019 1 SOUTH GERMAN SCHOOL, 16TH CENTURY The Resurrection oil on gold ground panel 83.4 x 74.3cm (32 13/16 x 29 1/4in). £4,000 - 6,000 €4,700 - 7,000 Provenance Sale, Sotheby’s, London, 31 March 1989, lot 71 (The Property of a Lady, as the Master of Mühldorf) For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue. OLD MASTER PAINTINGS | 3 2 3 2 SIENESE SCHOOL, 16TH CENTURY The Madonna and Child oil on panel 93.2 x 66.6cm (36 11/16 x 26 1/4in). £3,000 - 5,000 €3,500 - 5,800 3 * AFTER HANS VON AACHEN, 16TH CENTURY The Adoration of the Shepherds oil on panel 91.5 x 66.8cm (36 x 26 5/16in). £2,000 - 3,000 €2,300 - 3,500 Provenance Acquired by the present owner’s great grandfather in the 1920s The present work is based on von Aachen’s lost original, known through an engraving by Jan Saenredam. 4 CIRCLE OF JAN GOSSAERT, CALLED MABUSE (?MAUBEUGE CIRCA 1478-1532 ANTWERP) Cain and Abel oil on panel 126.7 x 90.5cm (49 7/8 x 35 5/8in). unframed £4,000 - 6,000 €4,700 - 7,000 4 For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot 4 | BONHAMS please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue. 5 6 5 MANNER OF NEROCCIO DI BARTOLOMEO DEI LANDI, LATE 19TH CENTURY The Madonna and Child with Saints Steven and Bernardino tempera on gold ground panel 45.1 x 38.2cm (17 3/4 x 15 1/16in).
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