Old Master Paintings & Works on Paper Day Auction

Old Master Paintings & Works on Paper Day Auction

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Johannes Leemans

Trompe l'œil with a bird in a cage, a hunting horn, calling whistle, and other hunting implements hanging on a wall

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July 2, 10:00 AM GMT

Estimate

15,000 - 20,000 GBP

Bid

11,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Johannes Leemans

The Hague 1633–1688

Trompe l'œil with a bird in a cage, a hunting horn, calling whistle, and other hunting implements hanging on a wall


signed and dated on the underside of the bird cage: JS. Leemans: F. / 1669

oil on canvas

unframed: 93 x 107 cm.; 36⅝ x 42⅛ in.

framed: 107 x 123.1 cm.; 42⅛ x 48½ in.

Johannes Leemans is believed to have spent his entire life in The Hague, where he was also active as a wine merchant. Johannes and his brother Anthonius specialised in painting trompe l'œil hunting still lifes usually featuring, as here, a game bag, a horn, whistles on ribbons and a caged bird displayed in a perfectly symmetrical composition against a plain background. This genre was very popular in The Hague in the seventeenth century, perhaps due to its forest surroundings which were popular hunting grounds. Leemans's paintings can be dated to the period between 1664 and 1686, and whilst his œuvre shows few signs of change over the years, his compositions are almost never the same, and inform us in great detail on hunting gear in the seventeenth century.  

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