Adriaen van Stalbempt
(Anversa 1580 - 1662) e collaboratore
Paesaggio fluviale con compagnia elegante

Fluvial Landscape with a Group of Courtiers

Adriaen van Stalbempt (Antwerp 1580-1662) and assistant Fluvial Landscape with a Group of Courtiers Oil on wood, 45.8 x 70.1 cm An idyllic image of the Flemish countryside, traversed by placid rivers reflecting the sky, trees, and buildings, this landscape shows echoes of Jan Brueghel the Elder in the structure

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Sebastiaen Vrancx (Antwerp 1573-1647) Landscape with Hunters and Wayfarers

Landscape with Hunters and Wayfarers

Sebastiaen Vrancx (Antwerp 1573-1647) Landscape with Hunters and Wayfarers Oil on wood, 52 x 76 cm Signed and dated at lower left with the monogram SV (entwined) / A [1]621 A more dramatic sensibility, associated with the example of Rubens, lends this scene, indebted to the modules of Jan Brueghel

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Hendrick van Balen (Anversa 1575 - 1632)

Madonna con Bambino e angeli

The Virgin and Child with Angels

Hendrick van Balen (Antwerp 1575-1632) The Virgin and Child with Angels Oil on copper, 30 x 23.7 cm The seductive grace and enamel-like handling of the paint, emphasized by the copper support, make this painting a little ‘jewel’ typical of the repertory of this Flemish artist active in the early

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Abel Grimmer (Anversa 1570 - 1619), attribuito
Scena invernale

Winter Scene

Abel Grimmer (Antwerp 1570-1619), attributed Winter Scene oil on wood, 30 cm diameter (roundel) The clear colours and emphatically geometric structure of the landscape suggest attribution of this roundel to Abel Grimmer who, following in the wake of his father Jacob, was inspired by the close, caustic observation of human

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Jacob de Backer (Anversa 1545 ca. - 1600 ca.) 
Pero che allatta Cimone (Carità romana)

Pero Nursing Cimon (Roman Charity)

Jacob de Backer (Antwerp ca 1545 – ca 1600) Pero Nursing Cimon (Roman Charity) Oil on wood, 51.8 x 66.7 cm The subject of this painting is Pero nursing Cimon, also known as Roman Charity, taken from a legend told by the Roman historian Valerius Maximus (first century AD). The

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