Follower of Jan Miel

Anonymous sale, Exeter, Bearnes Hampton and Littlewood, 17 July 2024, lot 555 (as circle of Abraham Pietersz. van Calraet);

Where acquired.

A highly comparable figure group appears in a signed painting by Jan Miel (1599–1663) in a private collection, Brussels.¹ The handling of the present work also reflects that of Pieter van Laer (1599–1642), who was an associate of Miel. Both artists were part of the Bamboccianti: a group of painters active in Rome in the mid-17^th century, who specialised in genre scenes.

¹ Oil on canvas, 54 x 69 cm.; E. Greindl, in De eeuw van Rubens, exh. cat., Brussels 1965, p. 137, no. 149, reproduced.