Quality in Detail. The Juli and Andrew Wieg Collection
Quality in Detail. The Juli and Andrew Wieg Collection
Lucas van Uden
Extensive wooded landscape, drovers with their cattle in the foreground
Lot Closed
March 24, 02:05 PM GMT
Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Lucas van Uden
Antwerp 1595 - 1672
Extensive wooded landscape, drovers with their cattle in the foreground
signed lower left: LVCAS.VAN.VDEN and traces of another possible signature lower centre
oil on oak panel, the reverse with the brand of the City of Antwerp Panel Makers' Guild
unframed: 41.6 x 64.8 cm.; 16 3/8 x 25 1/2 in.
framed: 62.5 x 86 cm.; 24 5/8 x 33 7/8 in.
With Kunsthandel Abels, Cologne;
Anonymous sale, Amsterdam, Christie's, 8 May 1995, lot 19, where acquired for the Wieg collection.
Lucas van Uden studied with his father, Artur. His work was influenced by Jan Brueghel the Elder (1568-1625) and Joos de Momper (1564-1635). Apart from brief and occasional sojourns, Van Uden was largely active in Antwerp and enrolled in the city painters’ Guild in 1626-27; the mark of the Antwerp panelmaker's Guild is visible on the reverse of this work.
His most celebrated works are those which depict detailed views of the Flemish countryside, and the biographer Arnoud Houbraken relates how the artist would set out on long walks in the early morning to make sketches of the landscape. Van Uden often collaborated with other artists, including David Teniers the Younger (1610-90) and Sir Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640), painting the landscapes in which to situate their staffage.
In the present work the landscape prevails, reflecting the artist's facility for the careful observation of nature and meticulous attention to detail.