Details
ATTRIBUÉ À FRANS FRANCKEN II (1581-1642)
L'allégorie de l'Air
huile sur panneau, sans cadre
48,3 x 71 cm. (19 x 2715⁄16 in.)
Provenance
Collection particulière, région toulousaine.Post Lot Text
ATTRIBUTED TO FRANS FRANCKEN II, ALLEGORY OF AIR, OIL ON PANEL, UNFRAMED
The best-known of the Antwerp Francken dynasty of painters, Frans Francken the Younger (1581-1642) built up a solid reputation in the Spanish Netherlands by working in many established genres – mythological, religious, allegorical and historical paintings – while at the same time inventing and popularising themes that were new to the Flemish art scene in the first half of the 17th century. These include scenes of witchcraft and revelry, as well as delicate cabinet paintings.
Allegorical compositions play an important role in Francken's oeuvre. In The Allegory of Air, birds – peacocks, ostriches, turkeys, swans, herons, eagles, kingfishers, owls, magpies and hoopoes – surround the muse Urania. Behind her, in the distance, Apollo's chariot charges through the sky.
The artist borrows elements of the composition of The Air (Optics) by Jan Brueghel the Elder (1568-1625), which is in the Louvre (Paris, inv. no. 1093) and was later taken up by his son, Jan Brueghel the Younger (1601-1678).Special notice
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Details
ATTRIBUÉ À FRANS FRANCKEN II (1581-1642)
L'allégorie de l'Air
huile sur panneau, sans cadre
48,3 x 71 cm. (19 x 2715⁄16 in.)
Provenance
Collection particulière, région toulousaine.Post Lot Text
ATTRIBUTED TO FRANS FRANCKEN II, ALLEGORY OF AIR, OIL ON PANEL, UNFRAMED
The best-known of the Antwerp Francken dynasty of painters, Frans Francken the Younger (1581-1642) built up a solid reputation in the Spanish Netherlands by working in many established genres – mythological, religious, allegorical and historical paintings – while at the same time inventing and popularising themes that were new to the Flemish art scene in the first half of the 17th century. These include scenes of witchcraft and revelry, as well as delicate cabinet paintings.
Allegorical compositions play an important role in Francken's oeuvre. In The Allegory of Air, birds – peacocks, ostriches, turkeys, swans, herons, eagles, kingfishers, owls, magpies and hoopoes – surround the muse Urania. Behind her, in the distance, Apollo's chariot charges through the sky.
The artist borrows elements of the composition of The Air (Optics) by Jan Brueghel the Elder (1568-1625), which is in the Louvre (Paris, inv. no. 1093) and was later taken up by his son, Jan Brueghel the Younger (1601-1678).Special notice
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