Pieter van Bloemen, called Standaard Antwerp 1657 - 1720

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Description

Pieter van Bloemen, called Standaard
A roman landscape with horsemen and bathers at a watering-hole, architectural ruins beyond
signed with monogram and dated on the rock lower right: PVB (in ligature)/1698
indistinctly inscribed on the reverse of the relining canvas in an old hand: no 21 Pierrière(?)
oil on canvas

Provenance

Anonymous sale, Rome, Finarte, over ten years ago, where acquired by the present owner.

Catalogue Note

Pieter van Bloemen was the brother of the landscape painter Jan Frans van Bloemen (called Orizzonte), with whom he often collaborated in the role of figurista in his brother's vedute. Van Bloemen specialised in painting horsemen in italianate landscapes but this is an exceptionally ambitious example of his work. The setting is no doubt inspired by the architectural ruins he would have seen at first hand whilst residing in Rome between 1685 and 1694. This painting dates from shortly after Van Bloemen's departure from Rome, and the fact that it is actually dated is a rare occurrence in Van Bloemen's oeuvre, as noted by Salerno (L. Salerno, Pittori di paesaggio del seicento a Roma, vol. II, Rome 1977, p. 856).