Francis Mouton

Art historian looking for interesting stories in old master auctions

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Now at @auctionaugur.bsky.social Will post in both locations until further notice. Have tried to follow everyone there who I follow here, but have undoubtedly missed some of you.

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Have now left this Nazi Skum site for good, see you all at the better place!

[Francis Mouton @auctionaugur]

Now at @auctionaugur.bsky.social Will post in both locations until further notice. Have tried to follow everyone there who I follow here, but have undoubtedly missed some of you.

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Est. 1500, placed bid, but sold for 10000 Euro... is a good copy of the Snayers´ "attack on Ypres" from the Prado
Préparation à l'attaque d'une ville. Ecole flamand... https://t.co/1LPqNfzvDB via @Drouot

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Rkd https://t.co/xsP1HYBE07

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Est 500, but sold for 2500, not to me ... Lot n°188 Ecole Hollandaise de la fin du XVIIe siècle, entourage de Caspar NETSCHER (1639-1684) : Dame de qualité dans un paysage. Huile sur toile. 60x80cm
Bel encadrement en bois noirci de style hollandais https://t.co/dODwg7f79b

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@cyclistgraz Seems like the right price, not a bargain but not too expensive either.

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Left: Flemish School, estimated at 1,500€, for sale on 16 March. Right: Hendrick van Balen, sold in 2012 for 900,000€. https://t.co/gCknvWiIkB

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@cyclistgraz Nice one! A bit lacking in the details (faces) perhaps, but a good workshop copy I would think. I have seen these attributed to Van Balen Francken, Jan Bruegel...

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Sold for 1250 if I recall correctly

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I can understand why you would want to restore this, but the result is dreadful... Still an interesting fragment though, at just 710 Euro at the moment. https://t.co/8Wc6XVvuro

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Sold for 3500 Euro

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Signed and dated David Teniers III. While vastly inferior to his father, still a good chance to get a work by this late Flemish Baroque artist. Est. 2000 Euro for this large oil on copper. https://t.co/JyaS9PEkHd

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@arthistfuture Travail de Hendrick van Limborch

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@govauctionnews You mean "Len swipes" surely?

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@RembrandtsRoom Not an actual photo from 1925 though, but a recent montage by an artist. https://t.co/w0vYiuYfWq

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@RembrandtsRoom True story: I once saw the grave of Anna Gram, I really should have taken a picture, would have come handy oh so often ;-)

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Estimated at just 50 Euro. https://t.co/njqptvoBjU

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@CouilleauxB @Ambrosiana1609 @turismomilano Nice! For some reason reminds me of the works of Jan Gossaert

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@RembrandtsRoom Which would still mean that the central panel and the wings are nearly contemporary of course.

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This is given as "c. 1500", but at least the donor panels are a lot later. Central panel bears a very optimistic "J. Van Eyck" attribution... Interesting work anyway! https://t.co/whkps6t5xS

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@ClaasGutsche Comparing the original face (below) and a "restored" one (above)...