Jan Wildens (1584/6-1653)
Jan Wildens (1584/6-1653)

Pan and Syrinx in a wooded lake landscape

Details
Jan Wildens (1584/6-1653)
Pan and Syrinx in a wooded lake landscape
traces of black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown and grey-blue wash, partial chalk and black ink framing lines
8½ x 11¾ in. (21.7 x 29.9 cm)
Provenance
M.H. Bloxam, by whom given to Rugby School Art Museum; with his inscription and attribution 'Rugby School Art Museum e dono Matt: H: Bloxam/ Paul Brill a d 1554 1626' (on the mount).
Literature
Anne Popham, typescript catalogue, no. 94, as Paul Bril.

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Lot Essay

Although not related to any of the engravings after Wildens, this unpublished sheet is executed in the same style and technique as his print models (W. Adler, Jan Wildens. Der Landschaftsmitarbeiter des Rubens, Fridingen, 1980, nos. Z 2-Z 6, Z 10, Z 11, Z 12, figs. 172-177, 180-182). Very similar in subject-matter and composition, but lacking the staffage, is a drawing at the Louvre (inv. 20646; see Adler, op. cit., no. Z 15, fig. 185). Wildens, who is best known as a collaborator of Peter Paul Rubens, pursued a successful independent career as a landscapist both before and after his activity in the master’s studio in 1616-1620. The present drawing must date from a few years before, around the same time as the print models, i.e. around 1614.

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