Lot 22: ATTRIBUTED TO JAN THOMAS YPRES 1617 - 1673 VIENNA

AN ALLEGORY OF PEACE

AN ALLEGORY OF PEACE

measurements note
34 by 25 cm.

oil on copper

PROVENANCE

E. Michahelles, Hamburg, 20th Century.

NOTE

Jan de Maere has kindly suggested an alternative attribution to Guillaume Forchondt the Younger (1608(?)-1678). According to De Maere, Forchondt was influenced by Jan Thomas, who worked for the Forchondt family dealing concern. Small coppers such as this were easy to transport and were thus often painted for export, for example to Spain, where the Forchondts had a branch, and onward to the Spanish colonies in the New World.