Simon Floquet

Private collection, France.

Painted on copper. Painting is under a thick, yellowed varnish. There is very good preservation of the paint surface with thick impasto and no apparent losses. Examination under UV light reveals small, scattered retouches in the clouds at left side; a few tiny ones scattered in sky and a few on figures. Offered in a brown wood frame.
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Although little is known of his life and career, Simon Floquet became a master in the Antwerp guild of St. Luke in 1634/35.  He was a painter of mythological and religious scenes, and he drew influence from the work of his father, Lucas Floquet I, who was the patriarch a dynasty of artists.