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Edouard Simoens Gallery
walter leblanc
Walter Leblanc (Antwerp 1932-1986 Silly) Torsions, 1977-1978 Black and white enamelled steel sculpture 200 x 130 cm Provenance: Walter & Nicole Leblanc Foundation; private collection; André Simoens Collection Literature: Linea Catalogue raisonné, 1997, Ludion, Brussels, CR 1271, p. 282 Exhibitions: Brussels, Tecno, Walter Leblanc Integratie, 1983; Gent, Floraliapaleis, Linea ’83, 1983
Harold t’Kint de Roodenbeke
pierre alechinsky
Pierre Alechinsky (Brussels, 1927) Le Nid, 1965 Oil on canvas 130 x 91 cm Signed lower right Signed and titled on reverse Certificate of authenticity by Pierre Alechinsky dated 14 March 1995 Provenance: Lefebre Gallery, New York; private collection, Monaco
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Jan Muller Antiques
cornelis kick
Cornelis Kick (Amsterdam, 1634-1681) Flowers in a glass vase Oil on canvas 62 x 49 cm 78 x 69 cm (framed) Authenticity and identification confirmed by Dr. Fred Meijer Provenance: Percey B. Meyer, London, 1953 (as Jacob van Walscapelle) Literature: Jan Kelch and Ingeborg Becker, Holländische Malerei aus Berliner Privatbesitz, Kaiser-Friedrich-Museums-Vereins und der Gemäldegalerie (Berlin, 1984), pp. 170-171 (as Jacob van Walscapelle); Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1952-53: Dutch pictures 1450-1750, catalogue p. 103, n° 563; Gemäldegalerie der Staatlichen Museen Berlin, 1984: Hollandische Malerei aus Berliner Privatsbesitz, pp. 170-171, pl. n° 84
Galerie Perrin
walter sauer
Walter Sauer (Brussels 1889-1927 Algiers) Pensive woman, circa 1925 Mixed media 78.5 x 61.3 cm Signed upper left 'WS Walter Sauer' Provenance: private collection A unique, elegant style characterises the art of Walter Sauer, an artist who, in his short lifetime, lit up the Belgian art scene in the first twenty years of the twentieth century. Sauer's hand has a sensitivity to form that is characteristic of decorators; reality, in his eyes, is stripped of that which is superfluous, showing the noble essence of form. This essentiality, combined with an absolutely personal technique, makes Sauer's works instantly recognisable. The figure of the woman is the leitmotif of the artist, who combines his vision of the model with a series of cultural references ranging from Japanese art to Western tradition.
Franck Anelli Fine Art
Marcellus Coffermans (active in Antwerp, 1549-1578) Deposition of Christ, circa 1570 Oil on panel 32.7 x 21 cm Provenance: anonymous sale, Amsterdam, Christie's, 15 May 2002, lot 97 (as Marcellus Coffermans); private collection, Europe; from 2020, private collection, California Literature: M. Leeflang, Gemaakt in Antwerpen, bestemd voor Spanje? in Catharijne, Magazine van Museum Catharijneconvent Utrecht 2 (2010), p. 11, repr. Exhibition: Utrecht, Museum het Catherijneconvent, long-term loan, 2010-2020 Marcellus Coffermans deserves credit for bringing together a unique composition, the great deposition and the descent from the cross.
Galerie Raf Van Severen
théo van rysselberghe
Théo Van Rysselberghe (Belgium, Ghent 1862-1926 Le Lavandou, France) Ile du Levant, circa 1904 Oil on panel 30 x 41.4 cm Signed with monogram bottom left Provenance: Foundation Catherine Gide; private collection, Brussels Literature: Feltkamp, 2003, réf. 1924-034, p. 441; Catalogue de l'exposition, Bruxelles, La Haye, 2006, p. 258; Théo Van Rysselberghe, l'instant sublimé, Museé de Lodève, 2012, p. 99; Théo Van Rysselberghe, Intime, 2005, p.65; Théo Van Rysselberghe, Bozar Books by Fonds Mercator & Palais Des Beaux-Arts, Belgian Art Research Institute, 2005, p. 229 Exhibitions: 2005, TVR, Intime, Espace Culturel, Le Lavandou, n° 37; 2006, Brussels, La Haye, without number, p. 229
Galerie Alexis Bordes
paolo anesi
Paolo Anesi (Rome, 1697-1773) View of the Ponte Cestio from the Tiber island Oil on canvas 28 x 48 cm Provenance: anonymous sale, Paris, Hôtel Drouot (Maître Baudoin), May 31st, 1919, lot n° 98 (Vanvitelli, View of a city-houses rise on both banks of a river crossed by a stone bridge. In the foreground, on the ground to the right, a fragment of a fluted column and a broken capital); private collection, France Literature: Olivier Michel, Biographical Research on Paolo Anesi, in Publications de l'École Française de Rome, Vivre à peindre à Rome au XVIIIe siècle, vol. 217, 1996, pp. 319–334 Praised during his lifetime as one of the most brilliant vedute painters of the eighteenth century in Italy, Paolo Antonio Anesi nevertheless remains a figure whose life and work are still little studied. Active in Rome, Anesi never left his native city. The panoramas offered by its hills provided him with a multitude of striking viewpoints. The Aventine, one of Rome’s seven hills, appears to have been a favourite subject. To produce his painting, Anesi positioned himself on the Isola Tiberina, a small island in the middle of the Tiber, connected to the left bank by the Ponte Cestio and to the right bank by the Ponte Fabricio.
Galerie Capazza
Goudji (Georgia, Bordjomi 1941) Oryx à la robe diaprée, 2025 Silver 1st title, serpentine, pyrite, crystal, Armour stone H 49 x W 38 x D 10 cm Provenance: the artist's studio Exhibition: Goudji, L'or du temps, 5 July-28 September 2025, Galerie Capazza (France) This oryx, with its serpentine goatee and crystal-adorned tail, is an African antelope. It sports horns and a coat draped in Armour stone, and wears a silver bell around its pyrite neck, ready to ring. 'When viewing Goudji's works, one is overcome by a disturbing feeling, that of being faced with original, powerful, dazzling masterpieces that delicately resonate with so many symbols that shape our visual culture and our common heritage, from Persia to Athens, from Babylon to Rome, from the Tigris to the Danube, winged griffins of malachite and lapis lazuli, birds with bold and daring beaks, reassuring ex-votos, kantharoi and cups worthy of banquets of the gods. Modest, always secretive, born into goldsmithing because he ardently wanted to be, constantly devoted to his craft, constantly exploring forms, constantly telling stories, Goudji has definitely entered into history.' by Olivier Gabet, 2025 (General Curator of Heritage and Art Historian - Director of the Department of Decorative Arts at the Louvre Museum)
Romigioli Antichità
Pair of marble plates with semi-precious stones and soft polychromes Florence, early 19th century 44 x 38 cm (plates) 62.5 x 55 cm (frames) Provenance: Florentine workshop Oval plate depicting a naturalistic composition with a basket, flower buds, fruit and birds, one with a bird's nest, the other with a nest and eggs, in an antique carved and gilded wooden frame.
Pron
fausto melotti
Fausto Melotti (Rovereto 1901-1986 Milan) Il meridiano delle campane, 1979 Brass H 97.5 x W 74 x D 38 cm Literature: Milan, Galleria Stendhal, Cascella Consagra Melotti, 1980; Padua, Stevenson Arte Contemporanea, Fausto Melotti. Sculture, tecniche miste e incisioni, 1982; Intra, Galleria Corsini, Fausto Melotti. Sculture e Acquarelli. Un'opera d'arte è un'oasi, 1982; Busto Arsizio, Galleria Il Punto Sette, Fausto Melotti, 1984; Parma, Galleria La Sanseverina, Fausto Melotti, 1986, pp. 29, 47, n° 29, ill. Exhibitions: Gianni Cavazzini, Poetiche sosprese di Fausto Melotti, in Gazzetta di Parma, May 23rd, 1986, ill.; Germano Celant, Melotti, Catalogo generale, Tomo secondo, Sculture 1973-1986 e Bassorilievi, Milan 1996, p. 512, 1979 n° 21, ill.
Douwes Fine Art b.v.
henri fantin-latour
Henri Fantin-Latour (Grenoble 1836-1904 Buré) Vase de Pivoines, 1902 Oil on canvas 41 x 37 cm Signed lower left 'Fantin' The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by Sylvie Brame Provenance: Tempelaere, Paris; Tavernier, Paris; Colnaghi, London; Galerie Brame, Paris, 1978; Sotheby's London, 1978, lot 205; private collection, Europe; Sotheby’s London, 1989, lot 2; private collection, Europe; Sotheby’s London, 1996, lot 24; Noortman Master Paintings, Maastricht, bought at TEFAF 2004; private collection, Belgium; Douwes Fine Art, Amsterdam Literature: Mme Fantin-Latour, Catalogue de l'oeuvre complet de Fantin-Latour, Paris, 1911, n° 1937 on page 206
Galerie Perrin
gustave moreau
Gustave Moreau (Paris, 1826-1898) The triumph of Bacchus, circa 1875-1876 Oil on panel 23.2 x 17.8 cm Signed lower left, Gustave Moreau Provenance: Auguste Donatis, acquired directly from the artist with Arnold and Tripp, Paris; Louise Joséphine Amélie de Saint-Alary (1863-1922), Comtesse de Roederer, Paris; Georges Wildenstein (1892–1963), Paris; confiscated from the above when stored in vault 6, Banque de France, Paris, by the Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg, ERR n° W166; transferred to the Devisenschutzkommandos, October 30th, 1940; transferred to the Jeu de Paume, Paris; transferred to Fussen, Germany, January 15th, 1943; recovered by the Monuments, Fine Art and Archives Section from the 'Large Peter' salt mines, Alt Ausse, Austria, n° 206/36; transferred to the Central Collecting Point, Munich, n° 212/36, June 20th, 1945; repatriated to France, April 18th, 1946; restituted to the Wildenstein Collection, Paris; Daniel Wildenstein (1917–2001), Paris, by descent; private collection, since 1974 Literature: P.-L Mathieu, Gustave Moreau: sa vie, son oeuvre; catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre achevée, Fribourg, 1976, ill. p. 314, n° 149; P.-L Mathieu, Gustave Moreau: Complete edition of the finished paintings, watercolours and drawings, Oxford, 1977, ill. p. 320, n° 149; P.-L Mathieu, Gustave Moreau, Monographie et nouveau catalogue de l’oeuvre achevé, Paris, p. 327, n° 171, ill. as Triomphe de Bacchus (dans un char tiré par des panthères) A prominent Symbolist, Gustave Moreau painted fantastic and mythological subjects in a pictorial and sensual style. Moreau was influenced by the romanticism of Eugène Delacroix and Théodore Chassériau (his teacher) but focused on the femme fatales and virgins often associated with Symbolist painting. Salome dancing before Herod (1876), one of Moreau's most famous works (fig.2), took the artist seven years to paint, slowly building the rich and encrusted surface of the painting. Moreau was also known for his semi-abstract watercolours, and as a professor at the École des Beaux-Arts, where his students included Albert Marquet, Henri Matisse and Georges Rouault. André Breton considered Moreau an important precursor of Surrealism. In 1876, Gustave Moreau made his triumphant return to the Salon, having not exhibited his work there since 1869. In the intervening years Moreau had remained at his home and studio in Paris and also fought in the Franco-Prussian War, where he had seen the horrors of the War and the Siege of Paris, the sudden fall of the Second Empire and the violence of the Paris Commune and its bloody repression firsthand. An extremely patriotic man, Moreau was deeply shaken by both the speed and brutality of modern warfare and by the savage inhumanity that he felt had lain waste to his ‘noble France,’ and went several years during this period without painting anything. By the mid-1870s, an idealist bent had begun to creep back into the artist’s work, which he intended to represent and inspire a rebirth, both spiritual and moral, in France. The triumph of Bacchus, painted by Gustave Moreau during this same period of optimism and idealism, represented no smaller idea for the artist than this very rebirth.
De Jonckheere
pieter brueghel the younger
Pieter Brueghel the Younger (Brussels 1564-1638 Antwerp) The Payment of the Tithe or the Village Lawyer, 1622 Oil on panel 78.9 x 123.2 cm Signed and dated: P. BREVGHEL, 1622 Provenance: private collection, Belgium; Galerie Legenhoek, Paris, 1991; private collection, France Literature: Ertz, Klaus, Pieter Brueghel der Jüngere: Die Gemälde mit kritischem Oeuvrekatalog, Lingen, Luca Verlag, Vol. I, 2000, p. 513, cat. E 507, repr.; Curie, Christina, Allart, Dominique, The Brue[H]el Phenomenon, Brussels, Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage, vol. III, p. 1030-1031 This Payment of the Tithe, or The Village Lawyer, is marked by Pieter Brueghel the Younger’s verve, meticulous execution, and vibrant colours. The satirical subject mocks the profession of the lawyer responsible for collecting the heavy tax that the poorest peasants struggled to pay. The grotesque faces of the petitioners, as well as the lawyer’s prognathous jaw - associating him with the Spanish authorities then in power - fascinate through their caricatural force. This original composition by Pieter Brueghel the Younger stimulated the market of the time, generating strong demand. The success of this still-relevant satire has endured to the present day.
Ars Antiqua
viviano codazzi and jan miel
Viviano Codazzi (Italy, Bergamo 1604-1670 Rome) and Jan Miel (Belgium, Beveren 1599-1663 Turin, Italy) Architectural Capriccio with a View of Saint Peter's Basilica and Classical Antiquities First half of the 17th century Oil on canvas 149 x 200 cm Authenticated by Professor Alessandro Agresti
Galerie Berès
simon hantai
Simon Hantai (Hungary, Bia 1922-2008 Paris, France) Étude en noir et blanc pour Pierre Reverdy, circa 1969 Oil on canvas 96 x 75.5 cm Certificate of authenticity n° 2024-16 from the archives Simon Hantai on October 12th, 2024 Provenance: gifted by the artist to Peter Stuyvesant Foundation in 1969 Exhibition: Tilburg, Kultureel Centrum, Peter Stuyvesant collectie, 1979
Galerie Bernard De Leye
Enamel basin 'Adam and Eve Mourning the Death of Abel' L 47.5x W 38.7 cm Provenance: sale Tajan 17 juin 1977, n° 127; former collection of Henry Kravis, New York; gallery 'à la Façon de Venise', Paris; former private collection, Switzerland Most Limoges enamel pieces were created over a very short period, between 1540 and 1580, marking the peak of Limoges enameling art. They reflect the French Renaissance and the Fontainebleau School. These secular objects were cherished by court dignitaries and the wealthy bourgeoisie. Too precious and fragile to be used, they adorned the sideboards of reception rooms or the cabinets’ display shelves. Comparative pieces: Musée du Louvre, Paris, eight plates from 1540/1560 by Jean Miette in Limoges enamel; Victoria & Albert Museum, London, a closed cup and two plates, circa 1560 by Jean Miette in Limoges enamel; British Museum, London, three plates, circa 1570 by Jean Miette in Limoges enamel; State Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersbourg, five plates, mid-16th century by Jean Miette in Limoges enamel
Dr. Nöth kunsthandel
peter leftwich
Peter Leftwich (Great Britain, 1913-?) Bawilele, 1937 Oil and tempera on canvas 102 x 77 cm Signed and dated lower right: Peter Leftwich 37 Verso inscribed on the canvas: No 2 'Bawilele' by Peter Leftwich and on the stretcher Provenance: Otto Rasmussen, Danish director of the East Asiatic Company Exhibition: Capetown, South African National Gallery: Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Art 1937-38, n° 107
Finch & Co
Turned standing cup and cover on knopped foot Germany, late Renaissance, first half 17th century Rhinoceros horn and ivory, old smooth patina, age cracks to foot H 33 cm - Ø 11 cm Belgium CITES: 2025/BE01678/CE Provenance: Finch and Co, item n° 77, catalogue n° 20, summer 2013; private collection Comparative literature: a cup and cover of similar shape engraved with the inscription ‘the exalted Roman Emperor Rudolf II’s goblet which protects against poison – the unconquerable Emperor’s hand shaped this ingenious goblet’ D 406.766 / 339 Royal Danish Kunstkammer, Copenhagen, National Museum A fine and large late Renaissance turned standing cup and cover on knopped foot of impressive size The Milanese master instructor of turning Giovanni Ambrogio Maggiore visited Bavaria on various occasions between 1574 and 1593 to teach the Duke Wilhelm this newly invented form of art, creating marvellous objects from natural substances. Maggiore also trained the artist Georg Wecker who went on to become Dresden’s ‘court turner for life’ to the elector Augustus of Saxony in 1578. Regarded at the time as a form of advanced mechanical technology, the art of turning in ivory, ebony and rhinoceros horn became a princely pastime for ‘Drechselnder souverän’. Rhinoceros horn objects were regarded as items of great rarity and prestige in Renaissance Europe, but they had been seen as objects of great value with inherent magical properties for well over one thousand years before this time in China, and by the early 17th century Chinese cups and vessels of carved rhino horn were being exported to Europe to meet the demand for exotic curiosities for the cabinets of wealthy collectors.
