Attributed to Paulus de Vos (1596-1678)
Attributed to Paulus de Vos (1596-1678)

A Boar surrounded by Dogs

細節
Attributed to Paulus de Vos (1596-1678)
A Boar surrounded by Dogs
with inscription 'Rubens' (verso)
black and red chalk, corners cut
277 x 418 mm.
來源
Anon. sale, R.W.P. de Vries, Amsterdam, 9 December 1930, lot 470, illustrated (as F. Snyders).
Anon. sale, M. Herzberger, Amsterdam, 20 June 1940, lot 81 (as A.D. Hondius).
J. Leeuwenberg.
Anon. sale, Mak van Waay, Amsterdam, 15 December 1969, lot 336, illustrated.

拍品專文

This would seem to be a study, with small changes, for two pictures with the same composition: Les Arts, 1910, no. 106, exhibited in Brussels in 1910, no. 513 bis, sold at Van Tilt, Brussels, 29 April 1935, lot 87; the second version was sold at O. Messinger, Munich, 16 April 1918.
Paul de Vos, working in a style similar to his brother-in-law and master Frans Snyders, specialized in still lifes and hunting scenes. These subjects were highly appreciated by the nobility, who eagerly collected his paintings. De Vos occasionally collaborated with Rubens, painting the animals in his large hunting scenes.