Collection of Baron and Baronne Bertrand de Giey
Antwerp School, 1604
Nymphs bathing in a lake; A triton and other figures in a rocky forest landscape by a stream
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Collection of Baron and Baronne Bertrand de Giey
Antwerp School, 1604
Nymphs bathing in a lake; A triton and other figures in a rocky forest landscape by a stream
a pair, both oil on copper, circular, the reverse of both panels stamped with the mark of Peeter Stas (c. 1565–after 1616) and dated 1604
one diameter: 28.4 cm.; 11¼ in.
framed: 42.5 x 42.5 cm.; 16¾ x 16¾ in.
the other diameter: 30 cm.; 11⅞ in.
framed: 44 x 44 cm.; 17⅜ x 17⅜ in.
(2)
Anonymous sale, Stockholm, Bukowski, 8–11 November 1972, lots 161 and 162 (as Hendrick van Balen);
Where acquired by Baron and Baronne de Giey ;
Thence by descent.
These charming and minutely executed panels were painted in Antwerp in 1604, following the tradition of landscape painting established in the city by figures such as Joachim Patinir (circa 1480–before 5 October 1524) and Herri Met de Bles (circa 1510–after 1550), and later developed by Jan Brueghel the Elder (1568–1625). The execution of the landscape in both works is most comparable to the work of Adriaen van Stalbemt (1580–1662).
An alternative attribution to Marten Ryckaert (1587–1631) has been suggested by Jan de Maere, to whom we are grateful to. He identifies the panels as early works by the artist, and compares them to the signed and dated painting in The State Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg.1
1 Inv. no. GE 3440; oil on copper; 50 x 82 cm.; https://rkd.nl/images/271709
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