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The appearance of Jesus to St. Peter on the shores of the Tiberias' Lake

1600 circa

Jan Blom (Amsterdam 1622 - Amsterdam 1685) - Villa garden with fountain. 41 x 69 cm without frame, 56 x 84 cm with frame. Antique oil painting on canvas, in a carved wooden frame. ...

Italian painter (17th century) - Port landscape with figures. 65.5 x 95.5 cm without frame, 73.5 x 107.5 cm with frame. Oil on canvas, in a wooden frame. Condition report: Lined c...

Masterly painted crowded scene of St. John's Day celebration in wooded landscape. It is well detailed with numerous figures of resting folk partly dressed in the manner of Saint John...

Circle of Jan van Huchtenburg Landscape Scene with a Soldiers Camp Oil on Canvas, 41 x 55 cm Soldier Camp Life Scene together with a wonderful golden Frame

Thomas Willeboirts Bosschaert Pan plays to the dance of the putti Thomas Willeboirts Bosschaert (1614 Bergen op Zoom - 1654 Antwerp) Pan plays to the dance of the putti Oil sketch Oil on canvas, 35 x 51 cm Provenance: Belgian private collection, ca. 1980 to 2020. The oil sketch shows a flute-playing man with dark curls sitting at the left edge of the picture in a recess draped with cloth. In the lower left corner, a fallen bowl with leaking water can be seen. The right half of the picture shows a circle of five dancing putti, whereby the left putti can be recognized as a satyr due to the goat legs. The background is dominated by a dark mountain landscape. In the sky a rising or setting sun can be guessed. It is possible that the flute player represents Bacchus, the god of wine and ecstasy. This fits with the flute as a symbol of celebration, as well as the bowl of water, which could refer to Bacchus' mother, Lethe. Lethe is a river in the underworld, which at the same time symbolizes "oblivion". Thus, the spilling water bowl is not only a reference to this river, but it also symbolizes "oblivion". Moreover, Bacchus is usually depicted with satyrs in his retinue, which would explain the putto with goat legs. However, the interpretation of the flute player as the god Pan would be possible. He is usually shown with his flute and associated with dance. Moreover, he is native to the mountainous landscape of Arcadia. The present work is an oil sketch, i.e. a preparatory study. This is suggested by the partly unfinished parts, as well as the structure of the picture. Some parts are already almost completely laid out, such as the flute player, while others, for example the horizon and also the figures of the putti, are only sketched in outline. The painting can be attributed to the Baroque painter Thomas Willeboirts Bosschaert. This attribution was also confirmed by Prof. Hans Vlieghe. Bosschaert lived and worked in Antwerp with Peter Paul Rubens and Anthonis van Dyck, among others. He studied with Gerard Seghers...

Jan Van Huchtenburg Battle of Peterwardein, 1716 Oil on canvas, 45 x 64 cm monogrammed "HB" n 1670 he settled at Haarlem, where he married Elisabeth Mommes. It seems he practised and kept a dealers...