Joseph is sold by his Brothers
Nicolaes Cornelisz. Moeyaert (Amsterdam um 1592 - Amsterdam vor 1655)
Lot-No. 172
Oil/wood, 36 x 57 cm, monogr. a. dat. lo. ri. Cl. M. 1639, min. rest. - Cf. Bernt II, ill. 809. - Prov.: A.B. Södermann, 1829; Baron Hamilton, 1829; Count E. Oxenstjerna, 1834; Grubb Collection; Th.M. Huss, 1843; M.O. Leman; Bukowskis Stockholm, 1884, lot 119; S. Rubenson, Stockholm, 1912. - History, landscape a. portrait painter, during a trip to Italy he met A. Elsheimer, whose style alongside that of Rembrandt was to become distinctive for M.s art, mainly depicted well-arranged biblical a. mythological subjects in a classicizing manner with sophisticated a. animate figures, became member of the Amsterdam academy in 1630, worked temporarily for king Christian IV of Denmark, among his pupils are N. Berchem, J.v.d. Does a. probably P. Potter. - Mus.: Amsterdam, Berlin, Braunschweig, Den Haag, St. Petersburg a. others. - Lit.: Thieme-Becker, Bénézit, Bernt a. others.
Nicolaes Cornelisz. Moeyaert: Joseph is sold by his Brothers
Nicolaes Cornelisz. Moeyaert (Amsterdam um 1592 - Amsterdam vor 1655)
Joseph is sold by his Brothers
Lot-No. 172
Oil/wood, 36 x 57 cm, monogr. a. dat. lo. ri. Cl. M. 1639, min. rest. - Cf. Bernt II, ill. 809. - Prov.: A.B. Södermann, 1829; Baron Hamilton, 1829; Count E. Oxenstjerna, 1834; Grubb Collection; Th.M. Huss, 1843; M.O. Leman; Bukowskis Stockholm, 1884, lot 119; S. Rubenson, Stockholm, 1912. - History, landscape a. portrait painter, during a trip to Italy he met A. Elsheimer, whose style alongside that of Rembrandt was to become distinctive for M.s art, mainly depicted well-arranged biblical a. mythological subjects in a classicizing manner with sophisticated a. animate figures, became member of the Amsterdam academy in 1630, worked temporarily for king Christian IV of Denmark, among his pupils are N. Berchem, J.v.d. Does a. probably P. Potter. - Mus.: Amsterdam, Berlin, Braunschweig, Den Haag, St. Petersburg a. others. - Lit.: Thieme-Becker, Bénézit, Bernt a. others.