Separated for more than 200 years, Bernhard Strigel’s two thurifer angels have reappeared within a few years of each other. The one currently on display at the Louvre Abu Dhabi reappeared for sale at Paris’s Hôtel Drouot in 2008. The painting being auctioned at Artpaugée was gathering dust until last July in a private home in Toulouse.
Auction house Artpaugée was particularly enthusiastic about this find. “The fabulous rediscovery of these extremely rare and exceptional masterpieces is a valuable addition to the understanding of Bernhard Strigel’s work and its important place in Renaissance history,” we can read in the sales catalog ofThis rare angel by Bernhard Strigel will soon go under the hammer at a major auction held in the Carmelite Chapel in Toulouse. It has been estimated at between €600,000 and €800,000 .
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