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Workshop of Hendrick van Balen
Workshop of Hendrick van Balen
Antwerp 1573–1632
The Israelites in the desert with Moses striking the rock in the distance
oil on oak panel
unframed: 59 x 80.5 cm.; 23¼ x 31¾ in.
framed: 85.5 x 105 cm.; 33⅝ x 41⅜ in.
Catalogue note
This painting is a workshop repetition, with minor differences in the background, of a composition known in several versions by Hendrick van Balen. The first, perhaps the prime version, was sold at auction in 2014.1 Another version of this composition is recorded in the Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum, Braunschweig, Germany.2
1 Oil on panel, 54 x 75 cm. Paris, Christie's, 1 April 2014, lot 15m for 121,500 euros.; https://www.christies.com/lot/lot-5778166
2 Oil on panel, 51 x 66 cm. B. Werche, Hendrick van Balen (1575–1632), Turnhout 2004, vol. I, p. 235, no. E.2, reproduced vol. II, p. 496 (as attributed to Van Balen).
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Workshop of Hendrick van Balen
Antwerp 1573–1632
The Israelites in the desert with Moses striking the rock in the distance
oil on oak panel
unframed: 59 x 80.5 cm.; 23¼ x 31¾ in.
framed: 85.5 x 105 cm.; 33⅝ x 41⅜ in.
Catalogue note
This painting is a workshop repetition, with minor differences in the background, of a composition known in several versions by Hendrick van Balen. The first, perhaps the prime version, was sold at auction in 2014.1 Another version of this composition is recorded in the Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum, Braunschweig, Germany.2
1 Oil on panel, 54 x 75 cm. Paris, Christie's, 1 April 2014, lot 15m for 121,500 euros.; https://www.christies.com/lot/lot-5778166
2 Oil on panel, 51 x 66 cm. B. Werche, Hendrick van Balen (1575–1632), Turnhout 2004, vol. I, p. 235, no. E.2, reproduced vol. II, p. 496 (as attributed to Van Balen).
Additional Notices & Disclaimers
Please note that Condition 12 of the Conditions of Business for Buyers (Online Only) is not applicable to this lot.
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