Lot Essay
Adler, who records a former attribution to Brill, dates the present picture circa 1640. The staffage is probably the work of Hans Jordaens III.
A wooded River Landscape with Fishermen and Peasants on a Track
Details
Jan Wildens (1586-1653)
A wooded River Landscape with Fishermen and Peasants on a Track
oil on canvas
46 x 68in. (116.8 x 172.7cm.)
A wooded River Landscape with Fishermen and Peasants on a Track
oil on canvas
46 x 68in. (116.8 x 172.7cm.)
Provenance
John, 3rd Earl of Bute (1713-1792) at Luton Park by 1776, when recorded there by the 9th Earl of Exeter ('A landscape by Gio: Wildens at L.d Bute's', in his interleaved copy of P.A. Orlandi, Abecedario Pittorico, Venice, 1753 [Burghley House]), and by descent at Luton and elsewhere.
Literature
G.F. Waagen, Works of Art and Artists in England, London, 1838, p. 369, 'Wildens - A very beautiful landscape by this scholar of Rubens, which, in conception and treatment, has some resemblance with the older style of Breughel and Savary.'
G.F. Waagen, Treasures of Art in Great Britain, London, 1854, III, p. 480.
W. Alder, Jan Wildens der Landschaftsmitarbeiter des Rubens, Fridingen, 1980, p. 106, no. G57, pl. 84.
F. Russell, John, 3rd Earl of Bute: Patron and Collector, forthcoming, p. 193.
G.F. Waagen, Treasures of Art in Great Britain, London, 1854, III, p. 480.
W. Alder, Jan Wildens der Landschaftsmitarbeiter des Rubens, Fridingen, 1980, p. 106, no. G57, pl. 84.
F. Russell, John, 3rd Earl of Bute: Patron and Collector, forthcoming, p. 193.