A river landscape with numerous figures in sailing boats, fishermen gathered around their catch in the foreground, a town beyond

Details

Matthijs Schoevaerdts (active in Brussels 1682-1702)
A river landscape with numerous figures in sailing boats, fishermen gathered around their catch in the foreground, a town beyond
signed 'M. SCHOEVAERDTS.F.' (lower centre)
oil on copper
29.9 x 42.1 cm.

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 5 July 1984, lot 306.
with L. Verhaegen, Antwerp, 1984, where purchased by the present owner.

Special notice

Christie’s charges a premium to the buyer on the Hammer Price of each lot sold at the following rates: 29.75% of the Hammer Price of each lot up to and including €5,000, plus 23.8% of the Hammer Price between €5,001 and €400,000, plus 14.28% of any amount in excess of €400,001. Buyer’s premium is calculated on the basis of each lot individually.

Lot Essay

In 1682 Schoevaerdts was apprenticed to Adriaen Frans Boudewijns. Like his master, he painted mostly scenes from everyday life in Flanders set in landscapes of which the present picture is a beautiful example. They followed the example of Jan Brueghel the Elder living a century earlier. The pendant to this composition was sold with Sotheby's, London, 6 July 1983, lot 24.

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