Lot 314: Gilles Aegidius de Winter (Leeuwarden 1640 - 1720

Gilles Aegidius de Winter (Leeuwarden 1640 - 1720 Amsterdam) A musician by a tavern, oil on canvas, 41 x 50 cm, framed, (Wo) Gillis Aegidius de Winter was trained in the workshop of Richard Brakenburgh. He varied the compositions of his teacher and executed similar tavern and genre scenes that feature a characteristic palette; in general they are more "down to earth" than comparable works by Brakenburgh. Literature: comp. Walter Bernt, Die niederländischen Maler und Zeichner des 17. Jahrhunderts, Munich 1991, vol. III, p. 61, fig. 1490. Pendant to following lot