Attributed to Ignacius van der Beken (1689-1774)

Huntsmen presenting Game to a Gentleman and his Companion seated at the foot of a Fountain; and A Fête Champêtre with an amorous Couple and Children resting at the foot of a Statue

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Attributed to Ignacius van der Beken (1689-1774)
Huntsmen presenting Game to a Gentleman and his Companion seated at the foot of a Fountain; and A Fête Champêtre with an amorous Couple and Children resting at the foot of a Statue
both with indistinct remains of a signature and date
oil on canvas
23 x 19½in. (58.4 x 49.5cm.)
A Pair (2)

Provenance

with Kleinberger, Paris and New York.

Lot Essay

The garden statue of Hercules and the Nemean Lion is based on the composition by Sir Peter Paul Rubens which was with R. van de Broek, Brussels (see M. Jaffe, Catalogo Completo Rubens, 1989, p. 203, no. 290).

For the attribution compare the painting offered for sale at Sotheby's, New York, Nov. 20, 1980, lot 128.