Circle of Adriaen van Stalbemt (Antwerp 1580-1662)
Circle of Adriaen van Stalbemt (Antwerp 1580-1662)

An Allegory of the Month of May

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Circle of Adriaen van Stalbemt (Antwerp 1580-1662)
An Allegory of the Month of May
inscribed 'MAIUS' (upper centre)
oil on canvas, unframed
39 7/8 x 52 in. (101.3 x 132.1 cm.)

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This composition may once have been part of a series depicting the Twelve Months or the Four Seasons, now untraced. An Allegory of the Month of August (or of Summer) on panel (76.2 x 123.2 cm.), inscribed 'AUGUSTUS' and attributed to Stalbemt was sold in these Rooms, 13 April 2011, lot 10. Both works also relate to Stalbemt's so-called Triumph of Melancholy, known in three autograph versions datable to circa 1620-1630, including one which was in the collection of the celebrated art historian Sir William Stirling-Maxwell of Keir, 9th Baronet (1818-1878). The group is discussed by Ursula Härting in her article 'Adriaen Stalbemt als Figurenmaler', Oud Holland, 1981, no. 95, pp. 9-10.