Wayfarers at a Village
Karel Breydel (Antwerp 1678-1733) Wayfarers at a Village Oil on wood, 30.5 x 40.5 cm This artist painted numerous scenes of village life in the style of Jan Brueghel the Elder (Antwerp 1568-1625), transmitting into the eighteenth century, alongside other fellow artists in Antwerp and Brussels, the tradition of landscape
The Drunken Bacchus
Gerard Thomas (Antwerp 1663 – 1720)? after a model by Simon de Vos (Antwerp 1603-1670) The Drunken Bacchus Oil on canvas, 69.4 x 86.8 cm The painting shows a band of drinkers headed by the corpulent Bacchus with two satyrs revelling around a table laden with delicacies (oysters, a lobster,
Sleeping Venus, Mars and Cupid in a Landscape
Frans de Neve the Younger (Antwerp ca. 1630 – after 1693?), attributed Sleeping Venus, Mars and Cupid in a Landscape Oil on wood, 50.7 x 65.4 cm In this painting, references to antiquity are joined with a classicizing landscape and a reddish-brown palette recalling Venetian painting: evocations translated into a
The Way to Calvary
J.A.D. (monogram of Jacques De l’Ange) (active mainly in Antwerp, ca. 1621 – ca. 1650) The Way to Calvary Oil on copper, 51 x 64.5 cm Elements of Flemish Late Mannerism, light effects that suggestion an experience of Caravaggio, a thrust towards Rubens and a chromatic range showing a debt
Diana and Callisto in a Landscape
Jacques d’Arthois (Brussels 1613-1683), circle and a Figure Painter of the Brussels School (?), third quarter of the seventeenth century Diana and Callisto in a Landscape Oil on copper, 69.6 x 86.5 cm The painting, showing Zeus disguised as Diana seducing the nymph Callisto (Ovid, Metamorphoses), can be assigned to
Dancing Putti in a Country Landscape (Allegory of the Elements)
Pieter van Avont (Mechelen 1600-Antwerp 1652) with Isaac van Oosten (Antwerp 1613-1661)? and Jan van Kessel the Elder (Antwerp 1626-1679)? Dancing Putti in a Country Landscape (Allegory of the Elements) Oil on wood, 43.7 x 64 cm Signed at lower right with the monogram PvA The painting is an example
Rest on the Flight into Egypt, with the Temple of Hercules Victor at the Forum Boarium in Rome
Willem van Nieulandt the Younger (Antwerp 1584 – Amsterdam 1635) Rest on the Flight into Egypt, with the Temple of Hercules Victor at the Forum Boarium in Rome Oil on wood, 38 x 49.5 cm The subject is an ancient monument which the painter, who was in Rome between 1601
Fluvial Landscape with a Group of Courtiers
Adriaen van Stalbempt (Antwerp 1580-1662) and assistant Fluvial Landscape with a Group of Courtiers Oil on wood, 45.8 x 70.1 cm An idyllic image of the Flemish countryside, traversed by placid rivers reflecting the sky, trees, and buildings, this landscape shows echoes of Jan Brueghel the Elder in the structure
Landscape with Hunters and Wayfarers
Sebastiaen Vrancx (Antwerp 1573-1647) Landscape with Hunters and Wayfarers Oil on wood, 52 x 76 cm Signed and dated at lower left with the monogram SV (entwined) / A [1]621 A more dramatic sensibility, associated with the example of Rubens, lends this scene, indebted to the modules of Jan Brueghel
The Virgin and Child with Angels
Hendrick van Balen (Antwerp 1575-1632) The Virgin and Child with Angels Oil on copper, 30 x 23.7 cm The seductive grace and enamel-like handling of the paint, emphasized by the copper support, make this painting a little ‘jewel’ typical of the repertory of this Flemish artist active in the early
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