Blessing of the Matrimonial Bed
Marten van Cleve (Antwerpen 1527 - Antwerpen 1581)
Lot-No. 594
Late 1570s, oil/wood, 37,5 x 48,5 cm, some rest., cradled. - Expertise: Klaus Ertz, 24.01.20 confirms the authenticity. - Provenance: Private collection Lower Saxony. - Flemish history painter from a family of artists. C. was pupil of Frans Floris. Specialized in figures C. often cooperated with other artists as was usual at the time. C. is considered to be a main exponent of the rustic genre, sometimes satirical, besides Pieter Brueghel. Mus.: St. Petersburg (Hermitage), Vienna (Knsthist Mus.), Cologne (Wallraf-Richartz-Mus.), Antwerp (Koninkl. Mus.) a. others. Lit.: AKL, Thieme-Becker, Bénézit, Ertz: Marten van Cleve, Kritischer Katalog der Gemälde und Zeichungen, 2014.
Marten van Cleve: Blessing of the Matrimonial Bed
Marten van Cleve (Antwerpen 1527 - Antwerpen 1581)
Blessing of the Matrimonial Bed
Lot-No. 594
Late 1570s, oil/wood, 37,5 x 48,5 cm, some rest., cradled. - Expertise: Klaus Ertz, 24.01.20 confirms the authenticity. - Provenance: Private collection Lower Saxony. - Flemish history painter from a family of artists. C. was pupil of Frans Floris. Specialized in figures C. often cooperated with other artists as was usual at the time. C. is considered to be a main exponent of the rustic genre, sometimes satirical, besides Pieter Brueghel. Mus.: St. Petersburg (Hermitage), Vienna (Knsthist Mus.), Cologne (Wallraf-Richartz-Mus.), Antwerp (Koninkl. Mus.) a. others. Lit.: AKL, Thieme-Becker, Bénézit, Ertz: Marten van Cleve, Kritischer Katalog der Gemälde und Zeichungen, 2014.
