Attributed to Hans Friedrich Brentel

Estimate

5,000 - 7,000 USD

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Description

Hans Friedrich Brentel
The Holy Family with the Infant St. John in a Landscape
Gouache on vellum;
signed with the artist's initials and dated, lower right: IFB / 1639
5 x 7 inches

Catalogue Note

Hans Friedrich Brentel was the son of the better known Strasbourg master, Friedrich Brentel (1580-1651). Like his father, he seems to have specialised in minutely executed gouaches like this, often based on the compositions of earlier artists.