Smoking Boor
Adriaen Brouwer (Oudenaarde 1605 - Antwerpen 1638), or circle of
Lot-No. 508
Proceeds : 5.000 €
Oil/wood. 28,5 x 23 cm. Lo. le. monogr. AB, on the reverse punch mark EDB. Small retouchings. - Flemish painter and draughtsman. Little is known about B.'s training; in 1626/27 he was in Amsterdam and Haarlem, in 1631 he joined the Antwerp's St. Luke's guild. He is testified in Antwerp several times, mostly for his debts. B. began painting colourful figures and soon specialized in moralizing genre scenes, mostly in inns. In his later works he concentrated on the landscape, reducing figures to staffage. Mus.: Amsterdam (Rijksmus.), Paris (Louvre), Antwerpen, Berlin, Den Haag, München, Washington a. others. Lit.: AKL, Thieme-Becker, Bernt a. others.
Adriaen Brouwer: Smoking Boor
Adriaen Brouwer (Oudenaarde 1605 - Antwerpen 1638), or circle of
Smoking Boor
Lot-No. 508
Proceeds : 5.000 €
Oil/wood. 28,5 x 23 cm. Lo. le. monogr. AB, on the reverse punch mark EDB. Small retouchings. - Flemish painter and draughtsman. Little is known about B.'s training; in 1626/27 he was in Amsterdam and Haarlem, in 1631 he joined the Antwerp's St. Luke's guild. He is testified in Antwerp several times, mostly for his debts. B. began painting colourful figures and soon specialized in moralizing genre scenes, mostly in inns. In his later works he concentrated on the landscape, reducing figures to staffage. Mus.: Amsterdam (Rijksmus.), Paris (Louvre), Antwerpen, Berlin, Den Haag, München, Washington a. others. Lit.: AKL, Thieme-Becker, Bernt a. others.
