Matthijs Schoevaerdts

Two scenes showing a fish market in front of a town - Mathijs Schoevaerdts

Oil on panel Perfect condition Housed in a 17th century style frame by Gehring Amsterdam framers We are grateful to Ursula Härting for confirming the attribution of the present painting to Francken (figures) and Leytens (landscape). A written certificate, dated 1 February 2022, is available. She dates the present Midas to the second half of the 1620s. The painting The Judgement of Midas, known to me in the original, was painted by Frans Francken the Younger...

Oil on panel Mathys Schoevaerdts is known for his landscape art and genre scenes. His landscapes are full of anecdotes and delicately painted scenes of peasants travelling, sailing ...

Oil on canvas Signed lower right: “Johannes van Sturckenburgh,” Johannes Sturckenburgh’s “View of an Animated Italiante harbour,” is a piece that transports viewers to a picturesqu...

Oil on canvas Signed and dated lower right: "J. Carabin, 1886" Also with a label on the back. In Jacques Carabain's painting, the Concattedrale di San Siro emerges as a timeless beacon amidst the historic tapestry of San Remo's Via Palma van La Pigna. The canvas unveils a captivating vista, capturing the architectural grandeur of the cathedral framed...

Oil on canvas Signed lower right: "M. Huys" A dedication on the backside: "To my friend Georges, with friendship. Zonne-Huys-Zulte, 5 June 1927." Modest Huys was a Flemish impressi...

Oil on canvas Signed lower right: “Gustave De Smet” “Geese going into the Leie,” by Gustave De Smet captures a serene moment in the Belgian countryside. The painting invites viewers to witness a simple yet captivating scene: three geese making their way towards the Leie River. De Smet’s Impressionist style is characterized by his ability to capture the essence of the moment, emphasizing the interplay of light and color to create a calm atmosphere. The geese appear to move with purpose, marching gracefully toward the water. The Leie itself is a tranquil presence, next to the water there is a solitary tree and a shed. The tree leaves and the shed...

Painting, oil on canvas, measuring 55 x 35 cm without frame and 66 x 46 cm with a non-coeval frame, initialled at lower left in an unreadable manner, of the Flemish school. The main...

The painting represents the meeting of Jesus Christ with Saint Peter. Late 16th - early 17th century. Technique: oil on canvas. Antique wooden frame...

Painting oil on panel measuring 48 x 32 cm without frame and 58 x 43 cm with frame depicting a landscape with figures from the Flemish school of the 18th century. A lively painting ...

Flemish painting measuring 44 x 30 cm without frame and 53 x 39 cm with frame depicting a landscape with figures, in soft tones and with a strong sense of perspective; elegant, fluid...

Oil on oak panel Image size: 6 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches (15.75 x 15.75 cm) Period ebonised frame Patinir’s poetic imagination allowed him to express an idealised world, or one steeped in pathos, with profound sentiments, and always with perfect technique. The level of detail in this work is astonishing and the viewer is sure to make new discoveries every time that they gaze upon it, such as the birds diving down from the rocky form or the spindly poles that hold up the bowing bridge. Patinir's landscapes recall the background landscapes in the work of his contemporary Netherlandish painters, such as Gerard David. His magnificent rendering of light and shadows also foreshadow the great Dutch masters of the 17th century; as well does his excellent use of colour—especially his delightful range of blues and greens. Together, these traits make his works both innovative and uncommonly attractive. Here, although the scene is populated, the figures are small and the landscape assumes increasing importance.  Joachim Patinir Joachim Patinir, who was born on the banks of the Meuse River, is considered the first Flemish landscape painter. His vast, highly personal landscapes are characterized by large expanses of terrain with high horizons and fantastic outcroppings of pointed rock that combine real and symbolic. He is thought to have begun his career in Bruges, where he discovered the work of Gérard David, but like David, he appears on a list of Antwerp-based masters in 1515. There, he met and befriended Albrecht Dürer, who visited the Netherlands in 1520-1521. Dürer subsequently painted his portrait and even attended his daughter’s wedding. Patinir was also friends with Quintin Massys, who painted some of the figures in his works. Their friendship was so lasting that Massys’ son, Cornelis, apprenticed with Patinir. Cornelis eventually married Patinir’s daughter, Francisca Buyts, and the elder painter became their tutor. In 1521, Patinir remarried, this time to Jeanne Nuyts. His life was quite short, and he produced relatively few paintings, notwithstanding certain mediocre works erroneously attributed to him. His fame is due primarily to his final paintings, whose masterful technique and creativity were praised by his peers. In his travelogue, Dürer called him "a good landscape painter", and Felipe de Guevara, a friend and artistic assessor to both Charles V and Philip II, mentions him in his "Commentaries on Painting" (1540) as one of the three greatest painters, alongside Rogier van der Weyden and Jan van Eyck. His work was also very successful on the art market, especially when we recall that, in 16th-century Antwerp, artists did not work on commission. Instead, they sold finished works to their clients. From the very start, Patinir’s paintings reflect the influence of Hieronymus Bosch, although they lack that master’s satirical edge. He was also influenced by Gérard David, from whom he drew his perfect execution as well as his taste for landscape. His name appears on two early works—"Saint Jerome" (Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe) and "The Flight to Egypt" (Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp)—but his inscriptions on three other panels—"The Baptism of Christ" (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna), "Landscape with...

David Teniers the Younger Antwerp 1610 - 1690 Brussels A river landscape with travellers by a jetty and a man in a rowing boat, a church beyond Signed with monogram lower right: DT. ...