Jan Baptist Tyssens (circa 1665-1723/4)

An officer smoking a pipe by a grotto, with armour, a drum and a flag in the foreground

Details

Jan Baptist Tyssens (circa 1665-1723/4)
An officer smoking a pipe by a grotto, with armour, a drum and a flag in the foreground
indistinctly signed (strengthened) TYSSENS lower left
oil on canvas
56.5 x 81.7 cm

Provenance

Dr. M. Schubart; His Sale, Helbing Munich, 23 October 1899, lot 72.

Literature

E. Greindl, Les Peintres Flamands de Nature Morte au XVIIe sicle, 1956, p.190.
E. Greindl, Les Peintres Flamands de Nature Morte au XVIIe sicle, 1985, p.384, no.3.
W. Benrt, The Netherlandish Painters of the Seventeenth Century, 1970, III, no.1194, ill.

Lot Essay

Little is known about the artist. He must have been active in Antwerp, since he became a Master in the Guild of Saint Luke of that city in 1689/90. His artistic output consists of still life and genre scenes such as the present picture (J. de Maere & M. Wabbes, Illustrated Dictionary of 17th Century Flemish Painters, 1993, p.398).

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