Allegory of War and Peace
Jan Brueghel d.J. Antwerpen 1601 - Antwerpen 1678, in cooperation with Jan van Balen
Lot-No. 376
Oil/wood, 25,5 x 40,5 cm, min. rest., cradled. - Expert report: Klaus Ertz, Lingen, 5.7.2011. According to that the painting is from the 1640s. - The painting from the height of Brueghels artistical career fascinates by the lively colours, the change from the brown hill in the foreground over the green forest to the light blue background at the utmost right and last not least by the jewel-like delicacy of the leafs and the parrots so typical for Brueghel. The many shades of green contrast effectively the bright female figures by van Balen. - History, landscape a. flower painter, son a. pupil of Jan B. I. In 1622 he travelled to Italy, after his father's death in 1625 he returned a. took over his flourishing workshop. Llater he worked also for the Brussels court a. the Paris tapestry manufacture. - Mus.: Amsterdam (Rijksmus.), Florence (Uffizi), London (Nat. Gall.), Mailand (Brera) a. others. - Lit.: Saur, Thieme-Becker, Ertz, J.B. d.J, WVZ, 1984 a. others. - Jan van Balen (1611-1654), Antwerp history a. figure painter, son a. pupil of Hendrik v. B. whose workshop he inherited inherited in 1632. Like Jan Brueghel he travelled to Italy a. returned to Antwerp in 1641. He regularly cooperated with Rubens, Brueghel a. other leading artists. - Mus.: Paris, Stockholm, Dresden, Hamburg (Kunsthalle) a. others. - Lit.: Saur, Thieme-Becker a. others.
Jan Brueghel d.J.: Allegory of War and Peace
Jan Brueghel d.J. Antwerpen 1601 - Antwerpen 1678, in cooperation with Jan van Balen
Allegory of War and Peace
Lot-No. 376
Oil/wood, 25,5 x 40,5 cm, min. rest., cradled. - Expert report: Klaus Ertz, Lingen, 5.7.2011. According to that the painting is from the 1640s. - The painting from the height of Brueghels artistical career fascinates by the lively colours, the change from the brown hill in the foreground over the green forest to the light blue background at the utmost right and last not least by the jewel-like delicacy of the leafs and the parrots so typical for Brueghel. The many shades of green contrast effectively the bright female figures by van Balen. - History, landscape a. flower painter, son a. pupil of Jan B. I. In 1622 he travelled to Italy, after his father's death in 1625 he returned a. took over his flourishing workshop. Llater he worked also for the Brussels court a. the Paris tapestry manufacture. - Mus.: Amsterdam (Rijksmus.), Florence (Uffizi), London (Nat. Gall.), Mailand (Brera) a. others. - Lit.: Saur, Thieme-Becker, Ertz, J.B. d.J, WVZ, 1984 a. others. - Jan van Balen (1611-1654), Antwerp history a. figure painter, son a. pupil of Hendrik v. B. whose workshop he inherited inherited in 1632. Like Jan Brueghel he travelled to Italy a. returned to Antwerp in 1641. He regularly cooperated with Rubens, Brueghel a. other leading artists. - Mus.: Paris, Stockholm, Dresden, Hamburg (Kunsthalle) a. others. - Lit.: Saur, Thieme-Becker a. others.