Old Masters Day Auction
Old Masters Day Auction
Property from the Collection of Sir Peter Jonas
Workshop of The Master of the Holy Blood
Death of Lucretia
Lot Closed
July 7, 01:05 PM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from the Collection of Sir Peter Jonas
Workshop of The Master of the Holy Blood
Active in Bruges during the 1st quarter of the 16th Century
Death of Lucretia
oil on panel
unframed: 61.1 x 45.9 cm.; 24 x 18⅛ in.
framed: 72.5 x 57.7 cm.; 28½ x 22¾ in.
Where acquired by Sir Peter Jonas (1946–2020).
The Master of the Holy Blood (or Maître de Saint-Sang) is the name given to the anonymous master who painted the triptych of the Lamentation in the possession of the Confraternity of the Holy Blood in Bruges. Friedländer suggests that the artist trained in Antwerp, as he shows a close knowledge of the work of Quinten Massys. The master appears to have produced most of his work, however, in Bruges, where his output reflects the influence of his fellow townsmen Gerard David, Ambrosius Benson and Jan Provost.1
There are several autograph versions of the Lucretia, including one formerly in the collection of Professor Matsch in Vienna.2 This painting also relates closely to two further versions considered autograph: in the Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts, Brussels (inv. no. 6900),3 and that sold at Sotheby's, New York, 25 May 2000, lot 14.
1 For further discussions on the artist, see M.J. Friedländer, Early Netherlandish Painting, ed. 1974, vol. IXb, pp. 98–99; and Primitifs flamands anonymes, exh. cat., Bruges 1969, pp. 74–87 and 233ff.
2 See Friedländer 1974, p. 120, no. 217a, reproduced pl. 207 (as 'Present location unknown').