Lot Essay
The figural group here relates to a composition of the same subject by Jacob Pynas, dated 1631, now in the Gemäldegalerie, Dresden (inv. no. 1547 A).
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Joseph thrown down the well by his brothers
Details
ATTRIBUTED TO DAVID TENIERS II (ANTWERP 1610-1690 BRUSSELS)
Joseph thrown down the well by his brothers
oil on copper
5 ¾ x 7 3/8 in. (14.6 x 18.8 cm.)
Joseph thrown down the well by his brothers
oil on copper
5 ¾ x 7 3/8 in. (14.6 x 18.8 cm.)
Provenance
with Agnew's, London, by 1964, as Jacob Pynas.
Private collection, London, by 1977.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 30 October 1998, lot 22.
Private collection, London, by 1977.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 30 October 1998, lot 22.
Literature
Advertisement, Apollo, LXXIX, 1964, unpaginated, as J. Pynas.
L. Salerno, Pittori di paessaggio del seicento a Roma, I, Rome, 1977, p. 140 and 144, fig. 27.4, as Jacob Pynas.
P.C. Sutton, El siglo de oro del paisaje Holandés, exhibition catalogue, Madrid, 1994, p. 176, under no. 48, as Jacob Pynas.
L. Salerno, Pittori di paessaggio del seicento a Roma, I, Rome, 1977, p. 140 and 144, fig. 27.4, as Jacob Pynas.
P.C. Sutton, El siglo de oro del paisaje Holandés, exhibition catalogue, Madrid, 1994, p. 176, under no. 48, as Jacob Pynas.
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