The Fable of the Satyr and the peasant family

Details

David Rijckaert III (Antwerp 1612-1661)
The Fable of the Satyr and the peasant family
oil on canvas
111.4 x 153.2 cm.

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Lepke, Berlin, 12-13 May 1937, lot 32.
Anonymous sale; Bruun Rasmussen, Copenhagen, 27 August 2002, lot 1520.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

We are grateful to Dr. Bernadette van Haute for confirming the attribution on the basis of a photograph (written communication, 10 September 2007). She dates the picture to the late 1650s and compares it to a farm scene by Ryckaert in Huis Osterrieth, Antwerp.

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