From 5 to 7 December, Bernaerts Auctioneers will hold its ‘Winter Tales’ auction. Over the course of 3 days, over 1,100 lots will be featured, spread over 5 sessions, with no fewer than 850 entries in the ‘Work on Paper’ segment – or about three-quarters of the offerings.

The classic auction around Art and Antiques on Tuesday 5 December is characterised by a lot of variety. A Florentine or Flemish tapestry (lot 4) thus shares the walls with a 17th-century panel showing dancing peasants in front of the inn ‘In den Hertog van Beyren’ (lot 6) while a large ‘Adoration’ by Cornelis De Vos (lot 11) is presented next to a more worldly ‘conversation piece’ by Peter-Jacob Horemans. There are also 19th-century orientalist canvases (lots 39 and 40), a small ensemble of antique furniture and bronze.

When it comes to Antwerp, we would like to point out a sculpture by Albéric Collin (lot 102), a small canvas by Eugeen Van Mieghem (lot 125), a Franck table from the Art-Déco period (lot 112) or another monumental ‘Bacchanal‘ inspired by Alma Tadema, saved from demolition (lot 117).

Also featured are some designer furniture including a red lacquered secretaire by Emiel Veranneman from 1970 (lot 267), Mies van der Rohe Barcelona Chairs from 1960 (lot 227), terracotta sculptures by Hanneke Beaumont (lots 237-241) and 20th-century painting by Sophie Kuyken, among others.

After some 90 jewels, the first session will conclude with the auction of a series of painted toilet bowls (lots 306-321), for the benefit of two Belgian patient associations CCV-vzw and asbl Crohn RCUH, which work to represent the interests of the more 30 000 Belgians suffering from chronic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).

On 6 and 7 December, there will also be four sessions of Works on Paper, which will include the collection of the late Patrick Kuppens, manager of the Ghent antiquarian bookshop De Blinde Reiziger (‘The Blind Traveler’).

For more info on the Works on Paper offer, click here.