Lot Essay
The present composition would have been meant to be seen from below, most likely hanging above a chimney-piece.
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An Allegory of Peace
Details
Mattheus Terwesten (The Hague 1670-1757)
An Allegory of Peace
with signature 'A. V.D. WERFF: fec.' (centre left)
oil on canvas
203.6 x 109.6 cm.
in a reduced 18th century carved rococco frame
An Allegory of Peace
with signature 'A. V.D. WERFF: fec.' (centre left)
oil on canvas
203.6 x 109.6 cm.
in a reduced 18th century carved rococco frame
Provenance
Possibly Buitenplaats Bijdorp, Loenen.
Anonymous sale; Mak van Waay, Amsterdam, 16 November 1937, lot 16, as Adriaen van der Werff.
Anonymous sale; Mak van Waay, Amsterdam, 15 December 1970, lot 37, as Adriaen van der Werff.
Anonymous sale; Mak van Waay, Amsterdam, 16 November 1937, lot 16, as Adriaen van der Werff.
Anonymous sale; Mak van Waay, Amsterdam, 15 December 1970, lot 37, as Adriaen van der Werff.
Literature
C.J.A. Wansink, 'De decoratieve schilderkunst van Mattheus Terwesten, een Haagse meester uit de achttiende eeuw', Oud Holland, 1990, 104, pp. 283-5, fig. 22.
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