78 - Lubin BAUGIN (Pithiviers, 1610 – Paris, 1663)

Lubin BAUGIN (Pithiviers, 1610 – Paris, 1663) Moses Saved from the Waters Oil on softwood panel, one panel A red wax seal bearing the alliance coat of arms of the Irish Dawson family on the reverse Bears an old label reading “B. H. No. 1613 / Primaticcio / Finding of Moses” on the reverse In a richly carved and gilded oak frame, French work from the Louis XIV period Moses Saved from the Waters, oil on panel, by L. Baugin 14.57 x 11.42 in. 37 x 29.5 cm Provenance: Dawson family collection, Ireland; a coat-of-arms seal on the reverse; Probably a private collection, Germany, in 1925; Gallery of Dr. Fritz Goldschmidt and Dr. Victor Wallerstein, Berlin, no. 24, according to a label on the reverse (listing the address Schöneberger Ufer 36A, which was the gallery’s location from 1919 through 1927, but which continued to be used until 1936, the year the gallery was permanently liquidated by the Nazi regime); Gisela Jordan Collection, Munich, in 1967, according to documentation by Hermann Voss acquired by the Louvre in 1993; Most likely, an anonymous sale; Munich, June 28–30, 1967, according to the 2002 exhibition catalog; Anonymous sale; Munich, Karl & Faber, December 3, 1996, lot 73 (attributed to the Italian School); Acquired at this auction by Eric Coatalem; Eric Coatalem Gallery, in 1997; Acquired from the gallery by the current owner; Private collection, France Bibliography: Alain Daguerre de Hureaux and Annick Notter, *Lubin Baugin*, exhibition catalog, Orléans, Toulouse, 2002, pp. 129–130, no. 22 (with an erroneous provenance) Matthieu Somon, “An Investigation into the Popularity of Moses on the Waters of the Nile in the 17th Century,” *Mélanges de l’École française de Rome*, 123-1, 2011 (accessed online on September 19, 2025) Lubin BAUGIN (Pithiviers, 1610 – Paris, 1663) 37 x 29.5 cm