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Galerie Lowet de Wotrenge
Nicolaas Struyck (Amsterdam, 1686-1769) Insect Studies Bodycolour, watercolour and pencil on laid paper 44.5 x 28.2 cm Provenance: 'Verschyden Uyt-lansche Insecten, getekeent na het cabinet van Hn. Seba, J. ten Kate, & C, versamelt door N. Strüyck, Junior', 1719 (an album of drawings by Struyck, disassembled in the XIXth century); private collection, Belgium
Galerie Raf Van Severen
Rik Wouters (Mechelen 1882-1916 Amsterdam) Portrait de Rik Wouters, Chemise Blanche, 1912 Oil on canvas mounted on panel 51,5 x 61,5 cm Annotated at the back: Nr 99 Portrait de Rik Wouters par lui même toile collee sur panneau; Mme V: Rik Wouters; Portret van Rik Dhr Mevr. De Carnière Provenance: previous collection of Nel Wouters; Leten collection, Ghent; private collection, Brussels Literature: Roger Avermaete, Rik Wouters, Editions Arcade, Brussels, 1965
Galerie Taménaga
Jean Fautrier (1898–1964) Tête 1927 Oil on canvas 35 x 27 cm Signed upper right: “Fautrier” Provenance Jean-Paul Ledeur, Paris Exhibitions Hamburg, Kunstverein, Jean Fautrier, 19 May–17 June 1973, no. 16. Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum / Zurich, Kunsthaus, Jean Fautrier, 11 January–4 May 1986, no. 35, illustrated p. 25. Paris, Galerie Jeanne Castel, 1986. Bibliography Marcel-André Stalter, Recherches sur la vie et l'œuvre de Jean Fautrier (1898–1964) de leurs commencements à 1940. Essai de catalogue méthodique et d'interprétation, doctoral thesis, Université de la Sorbonne, Paris IV, 1982, no. 319. Marie-José Lefort, Fautrier. Catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre peint, Éditions Norma, Paris, 2023, no. 256, illustrated p. 199.
Klaas Muller
Jan Boeckhorst (Münster 1604 - Antwerp 1668) Henri IV at the Battle of Ivry 17th century Pen and Brown ink, watercolour and gouache, heightened with whith and red wash on paper 200 x 291 mm In 1622, Maria de' Medici signed a contract with Rubens for two series of twenty-four paintings. The first series depicted her own life story, the other the heroic deeds of her husband: Henri IV. As was his custom, Rubens worked on this commission together with some of his pupils and assistants. The successful king had been assassinated 12 years earlier whilst riding through Paris in an open carriage. He had brought an end to the fierce civil war between Protestants and Catholics and did not shy away from doing the heavy lifting on the battlefield himself. What was intended to be a tribute to one of France’s bravest leaders turned out to be a damp squib. Due to turmoil at court, the series about the famous battle near Paris remained unfinished. This dynamic and finely worked drawing captures the dramatic moment of the Battle of Ivry (1590), where King Henri IV led his forces to a decisive victory during the French Wars of Religion. Executed in pen and brown ink and enriched with watercolour and gouache, the composition is animated by vigorous movement and strong contrasts of light and shadow. The artist heightens the scene with touches of white and red wash, emphasizing the glint of armour, the energy of the horses, and the intensity of the clash. The central figure of Henri IV, mounted and illuminated, commands the composition, surrounded by swirling troops and fallen adversaries. Ethereal figures above the battlefield introduce a sense of divine favour, a motif often associated with royal propaganda of the period. Despite its relatively intimate scale, the sheet conveys remarkable grandeur and narrative force, making it a compelling example of late 16th‑ to early 17th‑century battle imagery. We are grateful to Stijn Alsteens of the Fondation Custodia for his attribution of the drawing to Jan Boeckhorst.
Argento Gallery
Portrait of a man with a skullcap Jacob Fransz. van der Merck (circa 1610–1664) 1646 Oil on panel 72.5 × 56.5 cm Signed and dated upper right A portrait of an older man with a grey moustache, goatee and a skullcap. The painting is identified as a work by Jacob van der Merck on the basis of its style and signature. It closely resembles his signed male portraits from 1642–1648, painted during the period when he was principally based in The Hague. Provenance: - Private collection. - Chorley’s Auctioneers, Cotswolds, 26 November 2025, lot 993.
F. Baulme Fine Arts
Claude-Marie DUBUFE (Paris, 1790 – La-Celle-Saint-Cloud, 1864) Expression Head: Modesty Circa 1827-1828 Oil on canvas 55.5 x 46.5 cm Provenance: England, private collection. Literature: Emmanuel Bréon, Claude-Marie, Édouard et Guillaume Dubufe, Portraits d’un siècle d’élégance parisienne, exh. cat., Paris, Délégation à l’Action Artistique de la Ville de Paris, 1988 (engraving after the present painting, p. 70, repr.). Related work: Claude-Marie Dubufe, Modesty, 1828, engraving.
Galerie Alexis Pentcheff
Cadre en bois sculpté doré à la feuille, monté avec sa glace au mercure. Ornements symétriques avec quatre chérubins, rinceaux stylisés, feuilles d'acanthe et gemmes aux angles. Espagne, XVIIème siècle. Provenance : Collection Amedeo Montanari Bibliographie : Amedeo Montanari et Roberto Lodi, Répertoire du cadre européen, éditions Galleria Roberto Lodi, 2003, reproduit sous le n°641, p. 323.
Galerie Perrin
ODILON REDON (1840 Bordeaux - 1916 Paris) FEMME DE PROFIL French school, 1901-1905 circa TECHNIQUE: oil on paper mounted on panel SIGNATURE: signed lower right: « Odilon Redon » DIMENSIONS WITHOUT FRAME: H. 52 cm (20 ½ in); W. 49,7 cm (19 ⅝ in) DIMENSIONS WITH FRAME: H. 71 cm (28 in); L. 68 cm (26 ¾ in) PROVENANCE: collection Roger Imbert BIBLIOGRAPHY: this work will be included in the next catalogue raisonné being prepared by the Wildenstein Plattner Institute
Argento Gallery
Four portraits of officers Gerard van Honthorst (1592–1656) and workshop 1637–1639 Oil on canvas 76.5 × 63.7 cm each Each signed and dated: two 1637, one 1638 and one 1639 Four unidentified military officers portrayed in armour with differently coloured sashes, each within a painted oval with a sculptural border. Originally belonging to a larger series, the portraits display Honthorst’s characteristic treatment of faces, fabrics and reflected light on metal.. The identities of the officers and the original patron remain unknown. Provenance: - Collection of Charles Marsham, 4th Earl of Romney, Mote Park. - Acquired with Mote Park in 1895 by Marcus Samuel, later 1st Viscount Bearsted. - By descent to his son, Colonel Walter Horace Samuel, 2nd Viscount Bearsted. - Christie’s, London, 13 December 1929, lots 83, 82, 80 and 79. - Presumably inherited by his sister, Nellie Ionides, née Samuel. - By descent in 1968 to her grandson, Toby Jessel, The Old Court House, Hampton Court. - Sotheby’s, London, 30 April 2014, lots 725–728. - Private collection. - Christie’s, London, 1 April 2026, lots 30–33. Literature: Upton House. The Bearsted Collection: Pictures, London: The National Trust, 1964, p. 41, no. 137; J.R. Judson and R.E.O. Ekkart, Gerrit van Honthorst, Doornspijk: Davaco, 1999, pp. 315–316, nos. 475, 474, 478 and 479.
DIE GALERIE
André Masson Les vieux souliers 1944 Oil on canvas 60 x 73 cm Signed lower middle The authenticity is confirmed by the Comité André Masson on October 7, 2002. Provenance: Galerie Simon, Paris et. al. Literature: André Masson (1896-1987), Exhibition catalogue Museo National Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid 2004, p. 240; André Masson. Petite rétrospective entre amis, Exhibition catalogue DIE GALERIE, Frankfurt am Main 2016, p. 67; André Masson. Zwischen Welten - Entremondes, Exhibition catalogue Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz, Köln 2019, p. 95; et. al. Exhibitions: Rétrospective Masson, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris 1965; André Masson (1896-1987), Museo National Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid 2004; André Masson. Zwischen Welten - Entremondes, Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz 2019/2020; Surreale Tierwesen, Max Ernst Museum Brühl, Brühl 2021/2022; André Masson. La mémoire du monde, DIE GALERIE, Frankfurt am Main 2024/2025 et. al.
Galerie Oscar De Vos
Frits Van den Berghe (Gent 1883 - 1939) The companions 1932 Oil on canvas 150 x 130 cm Signed lower right: FVBerghe 32 Provenance: Alla en Bénédict Goldschmidt, Brussels Literature: Langui, Frits Van den Berghe en de jongere generatie, in: Kunst-Kultuur, yr.1, 1940, p.4 Van Hecke, Frits Van den Berghe, in: Les Peintres Contemporains, 1948, pp.99-110, cat. 55 Van Hecke, A propos des deux expositions de Frits Van den Berghe, in: Les Arts plastiques, no. 5-6, 1948, pp.240-242, pl.55 Haesaerts, Sint-Martens-Latem. Gezegend oord van de Vlaamse kunst, 1965, no. 689 Langui, Frits Van den Berghe. Catalogue raisonné de son oeuvre peint (Bruxelles: Laconte, 1966), no. 396 Langui, Het Expressionisme in België, 1970, pl. 81, p.128 Hoozee, Tahon-Vanroose & Bown-Taevenier, Frits Van den Berghe, 1983, p. 164 Boyens, Frits Van den Berghe, 1999, pp.161, 233, no. 132 Boyens, Frits Van den Berghe, 1999, p.290, no. 753 Pauwels, Als een fonkelenden spiegel, 2019, pp.296-297 Exhibitions: 1933, Ghent, Frits Van den Berghe en Joseph Cantré, no. 6 1934, Stockholm, Belgisk Konst, no. 204 1934, Oslo, Belgisk kunst - Belgisk utstillung av moderne kunst i Norge ordnet ved L'art contemporain i Antwerpen, no. 204 1937, Moscow & Leningrad, Hedendaagse Belgische Kunst, no. 9 1938, Brussels, Les Compagnons de l'Art, no. 187 1997, Deurle, Deurle: 6 juli 1997 (The Deurle Conversation) 1999, Ostend, Retrospectieve Frits Van den Berghe, no. 132
Pelgrims de Bigard
Anthonie Verstraelen (Gorinchem 1594-1641 Amsterdam) Winter landcape with ice skaters by the city edge Oil on panel, 43 x 71 cm Provenance: - With Kunsthandel P. de Boer, Amsterdam, 1937-1938. - Collection Ir. J. Th. Berkemeijer, Rotterdam, 1938. - Collection F.N. Meuter, 1972 (according to the label of P. de Boer attached to the reverse). - With Kunsthandel Waterman, Amsterdam, by 1982. - With Palm Court Galleries, Baarn, 1999. - Private collection, The Netherlands. Exhibited: - Rotterdam, Museum Boymans van Beuningen, ‘Meesterwerken uit vier eeuwen 1400-1800, tentoonstelling van schilderijen en teekeningen uit particuliere verzamelingen in Nederland bijeengebracht gedurende de veertigjarige regeering van H.M. Koningin Wilhelmina’, 25 June-15 October 1938. - Amsterdam, Kunsthandel P. de Boer, ‘Nederland water/land, de relatie tussen land en water in de Nederlandse schilderkunst van 1500 tot nu’, 13 January-19 February 1972, no. 38 (label attached to the reverse). - Amsterdam, Kunsthandel Waterman, ‘Hendrick Avercamp 1585-1634, Barent Avercamp 1612-1679, Frozen silence, paintings from museums and private collections’, 1982, no. 32. Literature: - Cat. expo, Rotterdam, Museum Boymans van Beuningen, ‘Meesterwerken uit vier eeuwen 1400-1800, tentoonstelling van schilderijen en teekeningen uit particuliere verzamelingen in Nederland bijeengebracht gedurende de veertigjarige regeering van H.M. Koningin Wilhelmina’, 25 June-15 October 1938, cat. no. 160, ill. 57. - Cat. expo, Amsterdam, Kunsthandel Waterman, ‘Hendrick Avercamp 1585-1634, Barent Avercamp 1612-1679, Frozen silence, paintings from museums and private collections’, 1982, no. 32, ill. p. 149; and ill. in Tableau, 15 February 1982.
Epoque Fine Jewels
René Lalique (1860 – 1945) Materials: 18-karat yellow gold, 'plique-à-jour' enamel and polychrome enamel, old mine cut diamonds, citrine and pearls. Description: An important Art Nouveau dragonfly brooch by René Lalique, in 18-karat gold, designed as two opposing dragonflies with delicate wings of translucent plique-à-jour enamel, accented with old mine-cut diamonds. At the centre, the dragonflies clasp a cushion-shaped orange citrine, their bodies and legs enhanced with polychrome enamel. Graduated pearls trace the extremities of the wings, lending the composition a graceful sense of movement and lightness, characteristic of Lalique’s jewellery at the height of the Art Nouveau period. Signed Lalique. Paris, circa 1903. Dimensions: 11.6 x 4.4 cm Accompanied by its original fitted case marked R. Lalique, 40, Cours-la-Reine, Paris, monogrammed 'E.A.'
Victor Werner
Svend Rathsack (Fredericia 1885-1941 Frederiksberg) Eve with the Serpent, 1941 Large bronze garden sculpture with natural green patina Signed with the artist's monogram, dated '1941', and inscribed 'n°1' on the base Bears the foundry mark 'Lauritz Rasmussen, broncestøber, København' H. 128 x W. 47 x D. 37 cm Provenance: Acquired by the previous owner's aunt in 1941, where it remained in a garden in Charlottenlund until 2016; subsequently inherited within the family.
Snackers Antiques & Fine Art
Pair of Candelabra depicting Mercury and Fortuna Empire Period, 1820 Gilded and patinated bronze H 100 x W 27 x D 27 cm Literature: Marie-France Dupuy-Baylet, L’Heure, Le Feu, La Lumière, Les Bronzes du Mobilier National 1800-1870, 2010, pp. 254-255 These impressive candlesticks are made of original gilded bronze and patinated bronze. An obelisk-shaped base with Mercury and Fortuna on it, symbolising trade and prosperity. This candlestick design is rare due to its dimensions, the beautiful detached bronze figure and the details in the form of RAM heads and claw feet.
Repetto Gallery
Christo (Gabrovo 1935-2020 New York) and Jeanne-Claude (Casablanca 1935-2009 New York) The Pont Neuf, Wrapped (Project for Paris), 1985 Graphite, charcoal pastel, wax crayon, fabric, photograph collage on cardboard mounted on a stretcher 144.5 × 165 cm Upper element: 38 x 165 cm; lower element 106,5 x 165 cm Signed, dated and titled lower on the upper element The artwork’s details have been reviewed and confirmed by the Foundation Christo and Jeanne-Claude Provenance: Michael Cullen, London; Deutsche Bank Collection, Frankfurt (acquired from the above in 1985)