Autumn: A village scene with peasants and livestock by a road, cottages and a windmill beyond, in a feigned roundel, the spandrels decorated with an acanthus motif

Details

Abel Grimmer (Antwerp c. 1570-1618/19)
Autumn: A village scene with peasants and livestock by a road, cottages and a windmill beyond, in a feigned roundel, the spandrels decorated with an acanthus motif
oil on panel
11 3/8 x 11½ in. (28.9 x 29.3 cm.)

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 24 October 1986, lot 199, as Circle of Abel Grimmer.

Literature

R. de Bertier de Sauvigny, Jacob et Abel Grimmer. Catalogue Raisonné, Brussels, 1991, p. 263, no. 16, 'la scène a l'air charmante'.

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Lot Essay

Abel Grimmer is primarily known for his small paintings of country scenes, which often form part of a series of the Four Seasons or Months of the Year. This lot is one such picture, belonging to a series, together with a Winter, which was decorated with the same acanthus leaf details (sold Sotheby's, New York, 12 January 1989, lot 25), reproduced in B. de Sauvigny, op. cit., p. 284, no. 29, pl. 97.

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