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    • BALTHASAR HUYS (Mechelen, Belgium, 1590 - Rotterdam, Netherlands, 1652). "Kitchen still life with figure", 1645. Oil on canvas. Relined.
      Nov. 03, 2021

      BALTHASAR HUYS (Mechelen, Belgium, 1590 - Rotterdam, Netherlands, 1652). "Kitchen still life with figure", 1645. Oil on canvas. Relined.

      Est: €30,000 - €35,000

      BALTHASAR HUYS (Mechelen, Belgium, 1590 - Rotterdam, Netherlands, 1652). "Kitchen still life with figure", 1645. Oil on canvas. Relined. Signed and dated in the lower area. Presents a modern frame and frame of the nineteenth century. Measurements: 104 x 148,5 cm; 137 x 181 cm (frame). Work published in J. de Maere and M. Wabbes, "Illustrated dictionary of 17th Century Flemish painters" (Brussels: La Renaissance du Livre, 1993), p. 635. A painter active between about 1612 and 1652, the year of his death, Balthasar Huys belonged to the Flemish school of the early Baroque, and specialized in still life painting. He was a pupil of Jean-Baptiste Saive. He is currently represented in the SØR Rusche collection in Berlin, among other outstanding collections, mainly European. This work combines two of the great genres of Flemish and Dutch Baroque: genre painting and still life. Thus, the still life is presented as part of a more complex composition, starring a large figure that also takes center stage by looking directly at the viewer, integrating it into the scenario, a distinctly baroque scenographic resource. The various foods are arranged in the foreground, in an open, asymmetrical and dynamic composition, typically baroque. The cook is placed in the background, captured three-quarter length, holding a large roasting stick on which a large bird is strung. In this type of compositions it is usual to close the space behind the figure, with a dark background or in semi-darkness, as we see on the left side of the image. However, here Huys opens the space in depth on the right side, allowing us to see a perfectly worked architectural scene; a second room illuminated with natural light, of classical architecture, behind whose arches we can guess the buildings of a typical Flemish city of the time, highlighted against a sky of greenish blue tone, somewhat dark. The still life with large figures of the Flemish school has its origin in the sixteenth century, in the works of Pieter Aertsen (1508-1575) and Joachim Beuckelaer (1533-1574). Both painters made great paintings that advanced the Baroque by their naturalism and scenographic value, although they still show the motley of elements typical of Mannerism. Pieter Aerstsen created a formula that consists of placing the figure in the foreground, surrounded by large-scale foodstuffs, always painted with special attention to quality and detail, following the Flemish tradition. Beuckelaer, a disciple of Aertsen, took this model created by his master and used it to represent religious scenes, which always remain in the background compared to the still life. In fact, it is likely that Velázquez took his compositional idea for "Christ in the House of Martha and Mary" (1618, London, National Gallery) from him, probably through an engraving by Cornelis Cort. Already in the 17th century, the still life genre with figures would gain great importance in the Flemish school, with more dynamic and theatrical compositions, fully framed within the Baroque style, as we see here.

      Setdart Auction House
    • Balthasar Huys (Mechelen ?-1652 Rotterdam)
      Apr. 13, 2010

      Balthasar Huys (Mechelen ?-1652 Rotterdam)

      Est: €4,000 - €6,000

      Balthasar Huys (Mechelen ?-1652 Rotterdam) A lobster, a snipe, a duck lying on a cauldron, vegetables and pears, all on a wooden table oil on panel 58.7 x 83.2 cm. stamped on the reverse with the panel maker's mark of a six-pointed star.

      Christie's
    • BALTHASAR HUYS MALINES C. 1590 - 1652 ROTTERDAM A STILL LIFE OF A COCKEREL AND CHICKS ON A LEDGE
      May. 17, 2005

      BALTHASAR HUYS MALINES C. 1590 - 1652 ROTTERDAM A STILL LIFE OF A COCKEREL AND CHICKS ON A LEDGE

      Est: £10,000 - £15,000

      BALTHASAR HUYS MALINES C. 1590 - 1652 ROTTERDAM A STILL LIFE OF A COCKEREL AND CHICKS ON A LEDGE SURROUNDED BY ASPARAGUS, CAULIFLOWER AND PEARS, A BASKET OF MIXED FRUIT BEHIND signed with monogram and dated l.r.: BH/16(5?)0 oil on canvas CATALOGUE NOTE Balthasar Huys, formerly known as the Monogrammist BH, appears to have been active in the cities of Malines and Rotterdam. Huys is first recorded in Malines in 1608 where he was a pupil of Jean-Baptiste Saive. He married Anna Hemelryck in 1612 and is recorded as a Master of the Malines Guild in 1619. He and his wife moved to Rotterdam before 1628, when a son was born there and where he worked until he died in 1652. A kitchen still life with a maid, signed and dated 1645, was sold London, Christie's, 15 December 1989, lot 228 and clearly shows the influence of his teacher Saive. The composition can be compared to a Still life of two chickens, snipe, a duck, a cauliflower and a basket of fruit, signed and dated 1650, sold at Milan, Finarte, 12 December, 1988, lot 120. A similar composition by Huys, signed and dated 1650, was sold Amsterdam, Sotheby's, 7 November, 1999, lot 195, and a another Still life of chickens and artichokes, signed with monogram and dated 1644, was sold Amsterdam, Sotheby's, 6 November, 2001, lot 77. We are grateful to Fred G. Meijer from the Rijksburearu voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie, The Hague, for suggesting the attirbution to Balthasar Huys on the basis of photographs.

      Sotheby's
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