Diana and her nymphs in a cave

Details

Adriaen van Nieulandt I (Antwerp 1585/7-1658 Amsterdam)
Diana and her nymphs in a cave
signed and dated 'Adriaen van Nieuland: Fecit: a .1657.' (lower centre)
oil on panel
82.7 x 113.4 cm.

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Christie's, Amsterdam, 6 May 1998, lot 138, where purchased by the present owner.

Special notice

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Sale room notice

Please note that this picture has been requested for an exhibition in the Kunsthal, Rotterdam, with the title 'Thuis in de Gouden Eeuw', curated by Wim Pijbes and Marten-Jan Bok. The exhibition will be held from February - April 2008.

Lot Essay

J. Briels (see Vlaamse Schilders in de Noordelijke Nederlanden, 1987, pp. 67-8), states that Van Nieulandt belonged to the group of Flemish immigrants who settled in Amsterdam in the first years of the 17th century. Painting was a marginal career, as he was chiefly active as a dealer. In the 1640's he adopted a pastoral taste, and was influenced by the Utrecht painter Cornelis van Poelenburch. In the 1650's his pastoral scenes were placed in grottos as in the present lot; see also his picture of Diana and Callisto in the Herzog Anton-Ulrich Museum, Brunswick (see R. Klessmann, Die Holländischen Gemälde, 1983, p. 154, no. 215, illustrated).

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