Jacob van Geel (1585-1638)

Travellers and peasants on a sandy track at the edge of a wood, a valley beyond

細節

Jacob van Geel (1585-1638)
Travellers and peasants on a sandy track at the edge of a wood, a valley beyond
signed lower right jacoBVgeel.f
oil on panel, unframed
18.4 x 31.9 cm

來源

Robert S. Saxton, Boston
with P. de Boer, Amsterdam
Mrs.O. de Ruiter-van Lankeren Matthès, Diepenveen

出版

L.J. Bol, 'Een Middelburgse Brueghel-groep VI - Jacob van Geel', Oud Holland, 72, 1957, p.23, 36, no.7

展覽

Dordrecht, Dordrechts Museum, Nederlandse landschappen uit de zeventiende eeuw, 1963, cat.no.29, ill.15

拍品專文

L.J. Bol has described Van Geel's fascination for the jungle-like, sometimes ghostly depiction of trees, that seem to play the role of protaganists in his landscapes. Since it is known from archival sources that Van Geel lived a rather troubled life, for Bol, Van Geel's trees were was "tormented trees of a tormented painter". Bol dates the present lot circa 1634 when Van Geel had just moved to Dordrecht.

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