Lot 97: Alonso Vázquez , active in Seville 1582-1607 The Dream of Joseph oil on panel

oil on panel

measurements note 23 by 26 1/2 in.; 58.4 by 67.3 cm.

Alonso Vàzquez, together with Vasco Pereira and Francisco Pacheco, was one of the preeminent painters in Seville at the end of the 16th and the very beginning of the 17th centuries. As the present picture demonstrates, Vàzquez's style is characterized by a synthesis of Italian and Flemish elements. Indeed, one of his most famous compositions, The Last Supper, now in the Museo des Bellas Artes, Seville, is a combination of poses and motifs after prints by or after Maarten van Heemskerk, Cornelis de Vos, and Cornelis Cort. In 1603 Vàzquez left Seville for Mexico, where he died in 1608.

We are grateful to Professor Enrique Valdivieso for proposing an attribution to Alonso Vàzquez based on photographs and for suggesting an execution date of circa 1600-1603 for this painting.