Lot 128: FRANS DE SAIVE

FRANS DE SAIVE ACTIVE IN ANTWERP CIRCA 1600 AN ALLEGORY OF AUTUMN: A MARKET STALL NEXT TO A CANAL WITH A WOMAN SELLING VEGETABLES oil on canvas 129 by 201 cm.; 50 3/4 by 79 in.

In the collection of the family of the present owners since at least the early 20υth century.

We are grateful to Dr. Sam Segal for endorsing the attribution to Frans de Saive, an artist accepted into the Antwerp guild of painters in 1599 and probably the younger brother of Jean-Baptiste Saive. Several motifs in this work recur in an Allegory of the Four Seasons that Dr. Segal has also attributed to Frans de Saive, sold in these Rooms, 10 July 2008, lot 154.