Master Paintings Part II
Master Paintings Part II
Property from a West Coast Private Collection
Bartholomeus van Bassen
Interior of an imaginary gothic church with classical motifs
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January 28, 04:33 PM GMT
Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 USD
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Property from a West Coast Private Collection
Bartholomeus van Bassen
Antwerp circa 1590 - 1652 The Hague
Interior of an imaginary gothic church with classical motifs
signed and dated lower left: Bassen / 1640
oil on panel
panel: 19¼ by 26⅜ in.; 48.9 by 67 cm.
framed: 26⅞ by 34 in.; 68.3 by 86.4 cm.
With Alexis Schönlank, Berlin;
His sale, Cologne, Lempertz, 28-29 April 1896, lot 135 (as Pieter Neeffs the Younger);
With Alan Jacobs Gallery, London;
From whom acquired, May 1984.
His sale, Cologne, Lempertz, 28-29 April 1896, lot 135 (as Pieter Neeffs the Younger);
With Alan Jacobs Gallery, London;
From whom acquired, May 1984.
H. Jantzen, Das Niederländische Architekturbild, Leipzig 1910, p. 159, no. 66;
J.G.C.A. Briels, Vlaamse schilders in de noordelijke Nederlanden: in het begin van den Gouden Eeuw, Antwerp 1987, p. 278, reproduced fig. 348;
B.G. Maillet, Intérieurs d'églises 1580–1720. La peinture architecturale des écoles du nord, Brussels 2012, p. 205, cat. no. M-0164, reproduced.
J.G.C.A. Briels, Vlaamse schilders in de noordelijke Nederlanden: in het begin van den Gouden Eeuw, Antwerp 1987, p. 278, reproduced fig. 348;
B.G. Maillet, Intérieurs d'églises 1580–1720. La peinture architecturale des écoles du nord, Brussels 2012, p. 205, cat. no. M-0164, reproduced.
Signed and dated 1640, this imaginary interior by Bartholomeus van Bassen opens up onto an expansive view of the central nave of a Gothic church and its side altars. It is notable for its soaring arches, supported by thin columns adorned with epitaphs and coats of arms, as well as the delicate rood screen, or the partition between the chancel and the nave in a church. The elegantly attired figures that animate the scene may have been painted by Anthonie Palamedesz.