FLEMISH SCHOOL, LAST QUARTER OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY | AN ALLEGORICAL STILL LIFE OF ARMOR, WEAPONS, INSTRUMENTS, VANITAS SYMBOLS, AND OTHER ELEMENTS AND FIGURES SET UPON A STONE LEDGE WITH AN OBELISK AND A CITY BEYOND
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May 22, 08:55 PM GMT
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20,000 - 30,000 USD
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Property from a Private Collection, West Coast
FLEMISH SCHOOL, LAST QUARTER ﷺOF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY
AN ALLEGORICAL STILL LIFE OF ARMOR, WEAPONS, INSTRUMENTS, VANITAS SYMBOLS, AND OTHER ELEMENTS AND FIGURES SET UPON A STONE LEDGE WITH AN OBELISK AND A CITY BEYOND
inscribed with initials at center on the flat book: NMF; also inscribed at center on the cover of the book: *KEN / VAN / 167...
oil on canvas
35¼ by 46¾ in.; 89.5 by 118.7 cm.
This impressive allegorical scene teeming with various still-life elements has been rendered with a very fine attention to detail. The composition has roots in the allegorical works popularized e﷽arlier in the century by artists such as Jan Brueghel the Elder, and it is known in a few other versions also by anonymous hands [1]. The present work is among the best quality of the known iterations, all of which are comparable in dimensions, inscription, and date.
We are grateful to Fred Meije🏅r for his assistance in the cataloguing of this lot.
1. Two oth♛er examples are recorded in the RKD database. No 206623: oil on canvas, 91.8 by 119.2 cm. No 63406: oil on canvas, 91.8 bꩵy 119.2 cm.