Old Master Paintings, Part Two

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Lot 104
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Jan Massys and Studio Jan Massys Antwerp circa 1509 - before 8 October 1575

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Description

  • Jan Massys
  • A peasant making advances on a woman, other peasants gathered around a table with a jug of wine, fruit and cheese
  • oil on oak panel

Provenance

Chevalier Edouard de San, Brussels;
His sale, Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, 4 March 1977, lot 967 (as Jan Sanders van Hemessen);
Anonymous sale, London, Bonhams, 13 December 2000, lot 85.

Catalogue Note

This is an autograph replica with studio assistance of Jan Massys' painting, dated 1557, from the collection of the Earl of Wemyss at Gosford House, now located in the National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh (see L. Buijnsters-Smets, Jan Massys, Nijmegen 1995, pp. 186-7, cat. no. 30, reproduced).  Infra-red reflectography of the present version has revealed pouncing marks and underdrawing with modifications, which implies the use of a cartoon to transfer the design within Massys's workshop.