Elegant Party with Noah"s Ark
Jakob Willemsz. de Wet (Haarlem 1610 - Haarlem 1672)
Lot-No. 8
Proceeds : 2.700 €
Oil/wood, 59,5 x 77 cm, min. dam. - While in the background the animals are already led on the Ark, the pleasure-loving party in the foreground doesn"t anticipate the imminent danger. - History a. landscape painter, probably a pupil of Rembrandt, whose artistical quality is rivalled by some of de Wets best paintings. - Mus.: Amsterdam (Rijksmus.), St. Petersburg (Eremitage), Hamburg (Kunsthalle), München (Pinakothek), Braunschweig (Herzog-Anton-Ulrich-Mus.), Haarlem (Frans-Hals-Mus.) a. others. - Lit.: Thieme-Becker, Bénézit a. others.
Jakob Willemsz. de Wet: Elegant Party with Noah"s Ark
Jakob Willemsz. de Wet (Haarlem 1610 - Haarlem 1672)
Elegant Party with Noah"s Ark
Lot-No. 8
Proceeds : 2.700 €
Oil/wood, 59,5 x 77 cm, min. dam. - While in the background the animals are already led on the Ark, the pleasure-loving party in the foreground doesn"t anticipate the imminent danger. - History a. landscape painter, probably a pupil of Rembrandt, whose artistical quality is rivalled by some of de Wets best paintings. - Mus.: Amsterdam (Rijksmus.), St. Petersburg (Eremitage), Hamburg (Kunsthalle), München (Pinakothek), Braunschweig (Herzog-Anton-Ulrich-Mus.), Haarlem (Frans-Hals-Mus.) a. others. - Lit.: Thieme-Becker, Bénézit a. others.