Attributed to David Teniers II (Antwerp 1610-1690 Brussels)

Joseph put into the Well by his Brothers

Details

Attributed to David Teniers II (Antwerp 1610-1690 Brussels)
Joseph put into the Well by his Brothers
oil on copper
5¼ x 7 in. (13.5 x 17.7 cm.)

Provenance

with Agnew's, London (Small Pictures for Small Rooms, 7 April-9 May 1964; advertised in Apollo, April 1964, p. xc, illustrated in colour, as Jacob Pynas).

Literature

L. Salerno, Pittori di Paesaggio del Seicento a Roma, I, Rome, 1977, p. 140, fig. 27.4, as Jacob Pynas.
P.C. Sutton, catalogue of the exhibition, El Siglo de Oro del Paisaje Holandés, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, October 1994-February 1995, p. 176.

Lot Essay

Several of the figures relate, with similar clothing, to Jacob Pynas' painting of the same subject of 1631 in the Gemäldegalerie, Dresden (Salerno, op. cit., fig. 27.6; Sutton, op. cit., pp. 176-7, no. 48, illustrated in colour).

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