Extensive River Landscape
Pieter van Bredael (Antwerpen 1629 - Antwerpen 1719), attr.
Lot-No. 608
Proceeds : 3.300 €
Oil/wood, 24 x 31,5 cm, up. ri. fragment of a monogramm. - Flemish landscape, figure and history painter, founder of an artist's dynasty. He learned his profession in the studio of David Rykaert III 1640-44. He worked in Spain for some time and travelled the Netherlands. In 1650 he became master of the St. Luke's guild in Antwerp, in 1689 he was made head of the local academy. Besides battle pieces he mainly painted rural markets in ancient ruins. Mus.: Antwerp, Den Haag (Mauritshuis), Bruges, Heidelberg, Montevideo a. others. Lit.: AKL, Thieme-Becker, Bernt.
Pieter van Bredael: Extensive River Landscape
Pieter van Bredael (Antwerpen 1629 - Antwerpen 1719), attr.
Extensive River Landscape
Lot-No. 608
Proceeds : 3.300 €
Oil/wood, 24 x 31,5 cm, up. ri. fragment of a monogramm. - Flemish landscape, figure and history painter, founder of an artist's dynasty. He learned his profession in the studio of David Rykaert III 1640-44. He worked in Spain for some time and travelled the Netherlands. In 1650 he became master of the St. Luke's guild in Antwerp, in 1689 he was made head of the local academy. Besides battle pieces he mainly painted rural markets in ancient ruins. Mus.: Antwerp, Den Haag (Mauritshuis), Bruges, Heidelberg, Montevideo a. others. Lit.: AKL, Thieme-Becker, Bernt.
