Soldiers looting a village XVII century oil on panel
Oil on panel: 75 x 110 cm
Signed and dated 1650 lower left
Sold at Christie's Amsterdam, 11/18/93
For 130,000 DG = 60,827 € - joint purchase invoice for the year 93
About painter
dutch painter
Utrecht 1586 - 1666 Utrecht
Painter of genre scenes, generally of peasants, views and landscapes of villages and towns (including some winter landscapes) and some religious and allegorical subjects (mainly at the beginning of his career).
We do not know under whom our painter studied. Seeing the Flemish character of his work, some scholars believe that he could have studied in Flanders, in Antwerp.
Droochsloot was a versatile and productive painter. The central museum in his hometown of Utrecht holds 15 of his paintings, showing the diversity of his work, many other museums exhibit his works
Our painting represents a scene that took place during the Eighty Years' War. This Dutch War of Independence from Spain was a long, slow war that lasted from 1568 to 1648. The war began with a Protestant uprising in Flanders and Holland against the Spanish...
Category
17th Century Dutch Baroque Antique Madrid