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THE MAGAZINE UPCOMING AUCTIONS INTERNATIONAL<br />
Master of Frankfurt (1460–c. 1533), "Allegory of Love", oil on panel<br />
24.8 x 128.3 cm. Estimate: CHF250,000/350,000.<br />
22 March<br />
Wolfgang Joop’s collection<br />
of Old Master paintings<br />
This month, Koller Zurich plays host to celebrated German fashion designer Wolfgang Joop’s collection of Old Master<br />
paintings. Seventeen oil paintings from Joop’s villa at Potsdam are to be auctioned. The highlight will undoubtedly be<br />
this "Allegory of Love", a panel by the Flemish painter known as the Master of Frankfurt. There has been much discussion<br />
over the identity of the artist, whose name derives from the fact that two of his most important works are located<br />
in Frankfurt. Some now believe him to be Hendrick van Wueluwe, and most agree that the artist in fact came from<br />
Antwerp. The painting in question shows an allegory of love set within a kind of Liebesgarten, a theme popular at the<br />
time, where women use snares to entrap men. The composition is divided by a stream, showing the winged, unsnared<br />
figures on the left gesturing towards those on the right, who have succumbed to love. In so doing they have<br />
lost not only their wings, but also themselves; their gazes and gestures are focused solely on the objects of their affection.<br />
Thirteen years ago, when it was sold at Christie’s, it fetched £146,750. On 22 March, with the highest estimate of<br />
the collection (CHF250,000/350,000), it is sure to prove popular with Flemish art enthusiasts. Other desirable lots at the<br />
auction will include Jean-Baptiste Pater’s captivatingly elegant "Fête Champêtre" (CHF80,000/120,000) and a selection<br />
of 17th century Dutch still lifes – not to be missed by collectors of the genre. P. B.<br />
46 GAZETTE DROUOT INTERNATIONAL I N° 23<br />
HD