拍品 136
  • 136

PIETER PIETERSZ. THE YOUNGER | Joseph distributing the harvest to the Egyptians and Benjamin being presented to his brother, the discovery of the silver cup in the sack of corn beyond

估價
15,000 - 20,000 GBP
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描述

  • Joseph distributing the harvest to the Egyptians and Benjamin being presented to his brother, the discovery of the silver cup in the sack of corn beyond
  • oil on oak panel
  • 84 x 158 cm.; 33 x 62 1/4  in.

來源

Anonymous sale, London, Christie's, 11 March 1983, lot 84, as one of a pair (as P. Aertsen);
Anonymous sale, Paris, Drouot, 12 December 1989, lot 56, as one of a pair (as Pieter Aertsen);
Anonymous sale, London, Philips, 7 July 2007, lot 36 (as Nicolaes van Houy).

Condition

The panel is formed of three, flat and stable horizontal planks, bevelled on all four sides, which are supported by two horizontal battens. The paint surface is slightly dirty and the varnish only slightly discoloured. There is visible retouching along the joins, as well as further visible spots of retouching along the wood grain in the figures on the left-hand margin, in the darker pigments of the ground and steps lower right, in the yellow shawl, lower centre, and in the figures in the background, centre right. There is a small loss on the very left-hand edge of the panel, centre left. The wood grain has also become more visible in the lower right quadrant of the panel. Inspection under ultraviolet light reveals the opaque varnish, making it difficult to discern restorations, though the aforementioned retouchings are visible, along with some strengthening in the brick arch, upper centre, in and around the grapes, upper left, and scattered in several of the shadows. The painting is in overall good condition and ready to hang, without a need for further intervention. Offered in a plain stained wood frame with some minor scuffs.
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拍品資料及來源

We are grateful to Peter van den Brink for identifying this as the work of Pieter Pietersz. the Younger, on inspection of images. This painting's pendant, with which it was offered in 1983 and 1989 (see Provenance), depicted The Exodus of the Israelites from Egypt. Pieter Pietersz the Younger was the son of Pieter Pietersz., and the grandson of Pieter Aertsen, as well as the grandfather of Dirck Santvoort. His Ecce Homo in the Amsterdam Museum is signed with a trident and dated 1610.1 Pieter Pietersz the Younger quoted his father and grandfather quite often, especially with regard to figure types, specific stances (the meandering form on the skirt of the man in front comes directly from Pieter Pietersz. the Elder) and architectural elements.

1 Amsterdam Museum inv. no. A 40891; RKD no. 219176.