ATTRIBUTED TO MARTEN PEPIJN | THE WEDDING FEAST OF BACCHUS AND ARIADNE

Anonymous sale, London, Christie's, 8 July 2009, lot 162 (as Marten Pepijn);

There acquired.

This work is unique in Pepijn's oevre and was likely done in the early 17th century. The composition derives from an engraving of circa 1580 by Jan Sadeler I after a design by Dirck Barendesz, Mankind Awaiting the Deluge.(1) Notwithstanding, Pepijn converts the subject of the print in this painting by omitting the ark and deluge from the composition and adding two putti, thus changing it to The wedding feast of Bacchus and Ariadne.

1. See J.R. Judson, Dirck Baredsz., 1534-1592, Amsterdam 1970, pp. 126-31, cat nos. 71-2.