Francken, Frans II

Description:

Antwerpen 1581 - 1642
35,5 x 29 cm
Entombment of Christ. Oil/copper, signed lower right.
Kunsthandel Frye & Sohn, Munster; Bavarian private collection. Lit.: Ursula Härting, Frans Francken the Younger (1581-1642), Die Gemälde mit kritischem Oeuvrekatalog, Freren 1989, p. 294, no. 226, colour plate 52. Another version by Frans Francken, very similar to the present painting and almost identical in size, is now in the Suermondt-Ludwig-Museum in Aachen (inv. no. GK 158, cf. also Härting, op. cit., p. 294, no. 225). With an expert report by Dr. Ursula Härting.