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Frans Floris I, an Antwerp painter who died in 1570, helped disseminate the models of the Italian Renaissance in the Netherlands. During his stay in Italy he studied Raphael, Michelangelo and classical antiquity. In Antwerp he directed a substantial workshop producing altarpieces and mythological compositions. This collective activity supported a painting practice in which anatomy, bodily movement and the arrangement of figures occupied a central position.
The Fall of the Rebel Angels, dated 1554 and held by the KMSKA, demonstrates these ambitions. Made for Antwerp Cathedral, it combines bodies inspired by Italian art with fantastic creatures belonging to northern traditions, notably those of Bosch and Dürer. The Portrait of a Woman of 1555, held by the Prado, also documents his activity in a more intimate genre.
This profile brings together identity references for Frans Floris (I) and paintings, drawings and works on paper documented in auction catalogues.
Artcurial Beurret Bailly Widmer
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Oil on wood
Allegorische Darstellung
Öl auf Holz
Catalogue period : 2022-11-04
Published result : 3711 CHF
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : CHF 3000–5000
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Öl auf Holz, parkettiert
Die Grablegung Christi, um 1570
Öl auf Holz, parkettiert
Attribution ou qualification signalée dans le catalogue
Catalogue period : 2021-03-24
Attribution recorded in catalogue
Published result : 7292 CHF
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : CHF 6000–8000
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Oil on wood
Heiliger Paulus als Eremit
Öl auf Holz
zugeschrieben
Catalogue period : 2011-06-18
Attributed
Published result : 17024 CHF
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : CHF 12000–15000
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