Vincent Malo

Pierre André Joseph Knyff (d. 1784), Antwerp;

Hi estate sale, Antwerp, Grange, 18 July 1785, lot 336;

Where acquired by "Mahy" for 72 fl.;

G. Myin, Antwerp;

His estate sale, Antwerp, 24 August 1802, lot 4;

Maria Theresia Andrioli (1734-1802), Amsterdam;

Her sale, Amsterdam, Philippus Schley, 18 July 1803, lot 34;

Where acquired by Pieter Joseph Thijs for 40 fl.;

Mrs. Salomon van Berg and Mr. Bart van Berg, New York;

By whom sold, London, Sotheby's, 25 June 1969, lot 109;

Vincent Korda (1897-1979), London;

By whose descendant sold ("Property from the collection of the late Vincent Korda"), New York, Sotheby's, 22 May 2019, lot 57;

Where acquired by the present collector.

Vincent Malo trained in Antwerp under David Teniers and Peter Paul Rubens, and relocated to Italy after 1634, where he remained until his death just after his arrival in Rome in 1649. Malo first lived and worked in Genoa alongside Cornelis de Wael (1592 - 1667), and later worked in Florence. He assimilated the Flemish and Italian baroque styles and specialized in religious, mythological, and genre scenes. The present panel demonstrates his ability to compose large figural groups as well as his facility with architectural settings.