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Property of a gentleman (lots 4, 13, 15, 16, 18, 21, 24, 29-31, 40, 48, 55, 62, 63, 69, 70)
Lot 31*

Claes Cornelisz. Moeyaert
(Durgerdam 1591-1655 Amsterdam)
Joshua carrying the Ark of the Covenant around Jericho; and The Sacrifice of Elijah and the priests of Baal (2)

2 July 2025, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £19,200 inc. premium

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Claes Cornelisz. Moeyaert (Durgerdam 1591-1655 Amsterdam)

Joshua carrying the Ark of the Covenant around Jericho; and The Sacrifice of Elijah and the priests of Baal
both signed with initials and dated 'CL M. f / 1648.' (lower left, CL in ligature)
a pair, oil on panel
59.5 x 83.5cm (23 7/16 x 32 7/8in). (2)

Footnotes

Provenance
Municipal or private collection, Freiburg im Breisgau, by whom sold
Sale, Rudolf Bangel, Frankfurt, 19-23 April 1921, lots 173 and 174 (as Benjamin Gerritsz. Cuyp)
Private Collection, Berlin, and by descent to
Private Collection, Hesse
Sale, Karl & Faber, Munich, 19 May 2017, lots 12 and 13
Sale, Sotheby's, New York, 31 January 2019, lot 133, where purchased by the present owner

Literature
A. Tümpel, 'Claes Cornelisz. Moeyaert. Katalog der Gemälde', in Oud Holland, vol. 88, no. 4, 1974, pp. 254 and 256, cat. nos 70 and 83, ill., figs 227 (erroneously captioned as cat. no. 71) and 232, respectively
C. Moiso-Diekamp, Das Pendant in der holländischen Malerei des 17. Jahrhunderts, Frankfurt am Main/Bern/New York 1987, p. 395, cat. no. B1 (Joshua as The Philistines Bring Back the Ark)

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