Jean Moust
Jean Moust
Address:
Mariastraat 15 ,
8000 Brugge
Region: Brugge
Country: Belgium
Tel.: +32 (0)50 344435
E-mail: info@jeanmoust.com
Website: www.jeanmoust.com
The extraction of the stone of folly

The extraction of the stone of folly

A quack doctor extracting the stone of folly from a man’s head
Oil on panel : 48,5 X 52,3 cm
Signed and dated lower right on the staircase “Spreuwen f 1643.”
Frame : 68,7 X 72,7 cm
 
Provenance : sold at Christie’s New York, 12/01/96 
For 15.000 $ (+ buyer’s premium) = 11.281 € (+ buyer’s premium)
 
Our painting is registered at the RKD, The Hague under the number 9831
A burning town

A burning town

A burning town
Oil on panel : 24,8 X 34,8 cm
Signed bottom, left of the middle “Daniel van Heil”
Frame : 36,7 X 46,6 cm
The Crucifixion

The Crucifixion

The Crucifixion
Oil on panel : 56,5 X 43,3 cm
Unsigned
Frame : 61,8 X44,9 cm
Hunting still life

Hunting still life

Hunting still life with a pheasant and four songbirds
Oil on canvas : 75,7 X 62,9 cm
Signed bottom right “J.v.Hagen F” 
(the F for Fecit stands actually a line lower”)
Currently unframed
 
Provenance : sold at Christie’s London, 19/05/89 for 3.300 £ = 5.508 €
Christ's dispute with the doctors

Christ's dispute with the doctors

Christ’s dispute with the doctors in the temple
Oil on panel : 69,4 X 55,0 cm 
Signed (worn) bottom right “Do. ffra..k:”     
Circa 1628/30 - 1642
Frame : 82,7 X 68,3 cm
 
 
Lot and his daughters

Lot and his daughters

Lot and his daughters 
Oil on copper : 64,2 X 86,4 cm
Unsigned
Frame : 82,8 X 104,6 cm
 
Certificate : I would like to thank Dr. Ursula Härting who has given the attribution 28/01/18, be it for some strange reason with erroneous dimensions of the copper plate.
 
According to Dr Härting the painting was finished by Frans Francken II himself in the still life on the table and the turban of Lot sitting at the centre.
 
Provenance : bought by the previous owner, the famous Brussels restorer Filippo Franco, at Lempertz Cologne, 16/05/18 for 26.040 €