拍品 138
  • 138

JAN BREUGHEL THE YOUNGER | Allegory of War and Peace

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30,000 - 50,000 GBP
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描述

  • Allegory of War and Peace
  • oil on copper, laid onto panel
  • 70 x 87.2 cm.

來源

Generalkonsul Hans Klenk (1906–83), Mainz-Gonsenheim, by 1968.

展覽

Mainz, Kunstgeschichtlichen Institut der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Werke alter Meister aus Privatbesitz, 7 May – 30 June 1968, no. 12 (as Jan Brueghel the Elder).

出版

R. Hamann-MacLean, Werke alter Meister aus Privatbesitz. Sammlung Hans Klenk, Mainz. Nachtrag Kritische Anmerkungen, Ergänzungen und Korrekturen, Mainz 1969, p. 4, cat. no. 12 (as Circle of Jan Brueghel the Elder);
K. Ertz, Jan Breughel the Younger (1601-1678), Freren 1984, pp. 395–97, cat. no. 235, reproduced p. 396 (as 'probably produced toward the end of the 40s').

Condition

The large copper plate is supported by a panel, and is flat and stable. The paint surface is relatively clean and the varnish is clear and even. The colours are bright and the paint surface well-preserved. Inspection under ultraviolet light reveals the milky varnish beneath which a handful of small retouchings are visible: underneath the middle shelf, lower right, along the lower margin, scattered in the sky, and in the body of the foremost horse, upper left, and chest and face of Apollo. The work appears otherwise to be in very good condition. Offered in a carved and gilt wood frame with minor losses.
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拍品資料及來源

The iconographic meaning of this painting is unclear, interpreted variously as an Allegory of Peace and War or Spiritual and Worldly Wealth, or as a representation of the Sun, the zodiacal sign, Leo, or the month of August. Other versions of the composition (with differences in the details and figures) include two paintings on copper, both signed lower left, sold London, Christie's South Kensington, 31 October 2013, lot 13 (70 x 88.2 cm.) and Munich, Hampel, 30 June 2016, lot 766 (69.8 x 88.4 cm.).