Lot 190: Marten Pepyn (Antwerp 1575 - 1643)

The Virgin and Child with St. Lawrence and a female saint, monogrammed at lower centre MP (ligated), brandmark of the town of Antwerp and panelmaker's stamp MV (ligated) to the reverse, oil on canvas, 56 x 41.5 cm, framed, (Wo)

For a long time, Marten Pepyn practised the art of the Romanists and only in the 1730s followed the style of Rubens. The present work is strongly influenced by Rubens and was executed in the artist's second period, Pepyn's maturity.