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Lot 105
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Théobald Michau Doornik (Tournai) 1676 - 1765 Antwerp

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Description

  • Théobald Michau
  • A village scene with boors playing skittles outside a tavern
  • signed with monogram lower right: TM
  • oil on panel

Provenance

Professor Leo van Puyvelde, Brussels.

Catalogue Note

Michau's career spanned over sixty years.  He entered the Brussels Guild in 1698, but by 1711 he is recorded in Antwerp, where he settled.  Like many of his contemporaries,  his subject matter is rooted in the tradition of  Brueghel and David Teniers, but unlike them his soft pastel-like handling and colour scheme is thoroughly 18th century in character.  This picture is a mature work, probably dating from around the mid-century.