Auction number 7 - "The auction of the year" East European Antique House

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Christoffel van den Berghe (Christoffel van den Berghe)
Dutch school

Rural landscape with a fair
Oil on copper
Painting size : 26,4 × 43 cm

Origin:
German collection ;
Hartle Gallery , Vienna ;
since 2009 in a private collection in Moscow Attribution : examination of Dr. Klaus Ertsa , Lingen , Germany , 16.12.2009 g ; examination of the professor, Doctor of Arts , VA Sadkova , Moscow, 20.04.2010

€ 50000-70000

The picture came to us in a very good condition. Paints put shedra and pasty and produce halo effect . Facing each other layers of glaze perfectly preserved, especially on the foliage of trees and bushes on the side of the road and give the film its distinctive spatial depth . Typical paint in their brightness caused by fast strokes, fluent and sharp.

We look with a slightly raised dots on a crowded rural landscape. In the foreground on the left picture a small lake with ducks , reeds framed on the left and on the right a low hill. On this hill is growing curved tree , whose leaves thickly studded crown reaches the upper edge of the picture . On the far shore of the lake we see a few geese and ducks. Left married couple watches the brawl that unfolded on the ground in front of the two houses , which are seen behind a lush canopy of trees . Another couple standing in front of the house, the roof, which partially covers the described tree . In the doorway stands one man, and one on the right looks out the window.

On the right edge of the picture along the row of houses on the middle distance road stretches and takes us to the church. Ahead on the road stroll nobly dressed gentlemen, and run two dogs , black and white . Before lined up houses cheerfully plays the piper , calling facing couples dance. Right at the edge of the picture on the side of the road sits a couple , and the three men with musical instruments at the ready stood before the open door of the rightmost house, part of which is cut off by the edge of the picture , behind the left - hilly landscape. A long procession to the church , going to the left. Some of the demonstrators carried red flags. At the roadside located onlookers and watch the action . Close to two horses pulling covered wagon run by a man sitting on the horse's left . On the steeple of the church bell tower waving a red flag. Above this vibrant landscape stretches of bright blue sky, thickly covered with clouds. For them, and for the canopy of trees guessed sun, throwing rays scattered by the average plan with a church and a procession , as well as on the right row of houses. In all likelihood, it is about the fair and the parade on St. George's Day , that is, a topic that has repeatedly used Pieter Bruegel the Elder and his son Peter Jr. in many of his works. This conjecture is confirmed by the presence of many flags , most of which depicted St. George , which is , unfortunately, not possible to see clearly .

In van den Berghe in compositionally and in the similarity of subject matter there are similarities with the following works : "The Village on the River ", oil on copper , 11,5 × 16,5 cm, monogram CVB. The Hague, Mauritshuis , "Winter" , oil on copper , 11,5 × 16,5 cm, monogram CVB. The Hague, Mauritshuis . Pointillistic paintings reminiscent of Impressionist technique . However, the plot and spatial expression in Christoffel van den Berghe is still firmly tied to the Flemish tradition XVII century, in particular the fineness of detail and desire for his beloved idol, Jan Brueghel the Elder.

Judging by the nature of painting and landscape typology and melkofigurnogo staffage , this work is performed , about the first half of the 1620s . The picture is different professional level of performance and , of course, has a museum value .

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East European Antique House invites you to a unique exhibition " Old Master Paintings from the Collection Basil Goryashchenko ."

The entire collection , which consists of 140 works will be on display for three days only from 29 November to 1 December, 11.00 - 19.00 - in Mouravieff Apostles at Ul. Old Basmannaya, 23/9 , p.1 .

First will be presented to the museum's masterpieces of Dutch, Flemish , Italian schools of painting XVI-XVII centuries . The largest collection of Russian collector .

Paintings in this collection are well known in the art, many of which have been published repeatedly in domestic and foreign scientific literature , as well as catalogs of various exhibitions . In particular, many paintings collected by the collector, joined the representative exhibition " Portraits collectors. Russian and Western European art from the private collections of Moscow ", carried out in the framework of the celebration of the 100th anniversary of AS Pushkin Museum Pushkin in spring 2012. A large group of works was also presented as part of a large-scale project " Small Dutch ." XVII century Dutch painting ", realized in the halls of the Central House of Artists in Moscow under the auspices of the Ministry of Culture and the Embassy of the Netherlands in the framework of the Year of the Dutch culture in Russia in October 2013.

Among the works mentioned the work of Pieter Bruegel the Younger, Jan Brueghel the Younger, Hendrik van Balen , Frans Francken the Younger, Willem van Herp and many others.

All works have impeccable provenance and many expert opinions .

Organizer preview- show - East European Antique House .

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Preview- curator of the show - Vadim cages ( Professor of Art Graduate School RSUH restoration , specialist in the field of Western European Art XVI - XVIII centuries . ; Deals with the problems of attribution and expertise, working on a catalog of Dutch paintings from the collection of the Pushkin Museum. Pushkin , member artists' Union of Russia, member CODORT; member of the editorial board of «Master Drawings» ( New York) , the author of 70 works ) .

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