Quality in Detail. The Juli and Andrew Wieg Collection
Quality in Detail. The Juli and Andrew Wieg Collection
Victor Mahu
Peasants merry-making in an inn
Lot Closed
March 24, 02:13 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Victor Mahu
Died in Antwerp circa 1700
Peasants merry-making in an inn
signed lower left: V.MAHV.
oil on canvas
unframed: 59.5 x 85 cm.; 23 3/8 x 33 1/2 in.
framed: 79.5 x 105.5 cm.; 31 1/4 x 41 1/2 in.
Bought for the Wieg collection from a private collector in the late 1990s.
Victor Mahu was the son of Cornelis Mahu (1613-89), who was also his teacher. Mahu specialised in genre painting and mainly depicted large interior scenes populated with dancers, drinkers, and musicians. His work was influenced by artists of the previous generation, notably Adriaen van Ostade (1610-85), Adriaen Brouwer (1605-38), and David Teniers the Younger (1610-90).
The present work shares compositional similarities with another interior by Mahu, sold at the Dorotheum, Vienna, 14 December 2010,1 where the same male figure is depicted walking through the door in the background.