A wooded landscape with Venus and Adonis

Details

ABRAHAM GOVAERTS (ANTWERP 1589-1626)
A wooded landscape with Venus and Adonis
oil on panel
21 x 30 in. (53.5 x 76.3 cm.)

Provenance

(Possibly) Edward Webster (d.1874), North Lodge, Ealing (according to a label previously attached to the reverse).
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 1 June 1956, lot 69 (part lot), as 'D. Vinckeboons', where acquired for 550 gns. by,
Private collection, and by descent.
with Charles Beddington, London, 2011, from whom acquired by the present owners.

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Lot Essay

This well-preserved landscape is a characteristic example of the work of Abraham Govaerts, celebrated for his atmospheric and meticulously detailed forest scenes. The staffage is likely by the Antwerp painter Hans Jordaens III (c. 1595-1643), with whom Govaerts frequently collaborated.

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