After the Hunt, Jan Josef Horemans the Younger, Antwerp 1714 – 1790, Flemish

1714 – 1790

After a Good Hunt Kremer Petrus Antwerp 1801 – 1888 Belgian Painter Signature: Signed bottom left Dimensions: Image size 49,50 x 44 cm, frame size 63,50 x 58,50 cm Medium: Oil on panel Biography: Kremer Petrus was born on May 9 in 1801 in Antwerp. He was a Belgian painter of genre scenes with religious and historic context, still lifes and portraits. He studied at the Antwerp Academy of Fine Art, with master teachers and artists Guillaume Herreyns (1743 – 1827) and Mattheus van Bree (1773 – 1839). He perfected himself in Paris, travelled in 1838 Germany, France and Italy where he studied in the museums the pictures of the Dutch and Flemish masters. He excelled in the representation of flowers, poultry and game. Some of his paintings were engraved by English engraver Joseph Brown (1809 – 1887) and other artists. Belgian painter Gustaaf Wappers (1803 – 1874) painted his portrait. Kremer was honoured with several medals at various exhibitions, notably in London in 1929. He exhibited at the Brussels National Exhibition of 1842 “Examination of Don Carlos...

Poledne Franz Vienna 1873 – 1932 Austrian Painter 'An Interior of a Hunter' Signature: Signed bottom right Medium: Aquarelle Dimensions: Image size...

Hendrick Govaerts (Mechelen, Belgium, 1669 - 1720) Title: Genre Scene Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: without frame 48.5 x 60 cm - with frame 63 x 72 x 6 cm Oral Expertise by Lisa...

After Simon Johannes van Douw (Antwerp c. 1630 - c. 1677) The stop of a traveler on horseback near a post station Oil painting on canvas 45 x 55 cm In frame cm. 55 x 65 In this pleasant painting, depicting a knight parked near a post station, the Flemish tradition is based on a strong Italianizing sensitivity, especially by observing the setting and its peculiar brightness. The mixture of genres and the particular style of execution make it easy to trace the authorship back to a Nordic author but active in Rome, or strongly influenced by the style in vogue in the Eternal city, between the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries: we are referring, in in particular, to a follower of the Antwerp Simon Johannes van Douw. The chromatic elegance and refinement with which he outlines the figures are typical aspects of his painting. The scene takes place outside a cottage, probably a post office for travelers, where a modest family divides the tasks by assisting the knights. We see a young boy who hands water to the horse before he sets off again, the father is preparing to feed him with straw and the mother who instead takes care of the little son. The Italian reminiscences, evident in our painting, have been absorbed by many Northern European authors such as Nicolaes Berchem, Philips Wouwerman or Johannes Lingelbach, all inspired by the leader Pieter van Laer...