Old Master Paintings and Portrait Miniatures
Old Master Paintings and Portrait Miniatures
Property from a Spanish Private Collection
Thomas Wijck
Figures outside a tavern with a woman sewing, travellers on a bridge beyond
Lot Closed
April 28, 02:04 PM GMT
Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Spanish Private Collection
Thomas Wijck
Beverwijk circa 1616 - 1677 Haarlem
Figures outside a tavern with a woman sewing, travellers on a bridge beyond
signed lower right: TWijck f. (TW in ligature)
oil on oak panel
unframed: 55.8 x 48.7 cm.; 22 x 19⅛ in.
framed: 71.7 x 65 cm.; 28¼ x 25⅝ in.
With Edward Speelman, London;
From whom acquired, in 1956, by the father of the previous owners;
By whom anonymously sold ('Old Master Paintings from an English Private Collection'), London, Sotheby's, 5 July 2006, lot 7, where acquired.
Thomas Wijck was in Rome in the early 1640s, where his style developed in the tradition of other northern artists active in the city, such as Pieter van Laer and Andries Both. The present picture, on its oak support, was almost certainly painted on his return from Rome, in his native Haarlem, where he continued to paint Italianate subjects for the following three decades. The choice of a humble backstreet scene as a subject for depiction links this painting by Thomas Wijck with the work of the Bamboccianti.