An extensive wooded landscape with shepherds and their flock resting by a river, a castle and a bridge beyond

Details

Lucas van Uden (Antwerp 1595-1672)
An extensive wooded landscape with shepherds and their flock resting by a river, a castle and a bridge beyond
signed 'Lucas van uden' (lower centre)
oil on oak panel
22 ¼ x 33 1/8 in. (56.5 x 84.2 cm.)

Provenance

Private collection, Vienna.
Anonymous sale [F.S. Short]; Christie's, London, 12 November 1948, lot 134 (to Bolsborough).
Anonymous sale; Fischer, Lucerne, 21 May 1949, lot 2416.
Art market, where acquired in December 1949 by the grandfather of the present owner.

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Lot Essay

Lucas van Uden's admiration of Peter Paul Rubens' and his landscapes is particularly visible in this painting. The artist was strongly influenced by the elder master and often copied, or re-worked, Rubens' compositions. Elsewhere he introduced Rubensian elements such as, in the present painting, a woman carrying a round jug.

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