Lot 3027* - A218 Tableaux de Maîtres Anciens - vendredi, 18. septembre 2026, 14h00
GILLIS MOSTAERT
(Hulst 1528–1598 Anvers)
Kermesse
Huile sur bois
Marque au revers
41,8 × 57,5 cm
Provenance:
- With De Jonckheere, Brussels, circa 1980.
- Dr Hinrich Bischoff collection (1936–2005), circa 1983.
- By inheritance to the present owner, European private collection.
Exhibited:
- Cologne/Antwerp/Vienna 1992–93, Von Bruegel bis Rubens. Das goldene Jahrhundert der flämischen Maler, Wallraf-Richartz Museum, 4 September–22 November 1992, Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, 19 December 1992–8 March 1993, Kunsthistorisches Museum, 2 April–20 June 1993.
- Berlin until March 2025, long-term loan Gemäldegalerie.
Literature:
- Christian Hesse and Martina Schlagenhaufer: Wallraf-Richartz-Museum Köln. Vollständiges Verzeichnis der Gemäldesammlung, Cologne 1986, p. 64, ill. no. 366.
- Ekkard Mai: 'Flämische Malerei von 1550 bis 1650', in: Wallraf-Richartz Museum Köln. Bildhefte zur Sammlung, 1, Cologne 1987, pp. 19–20 and 64, ill. no. 4.
- Exh. cat. Von Bruegel bis Rubens. Das goldene Jahrhundert der flämischen Malerei, ed. Ekkard Mai and Hans Vlieghe, Cologne 1992, pp. 289–90, cat. no. 19.1 (with ill.).
- Exh. cat. De Bruegel à Rubens: L’école de peinture anversoise 1550–1650, Antwerp 1992, p. 181, cat. no. 78 (with ill.).
- Exh. cat. Das Kabinett des Sammlers. Gemälde vom XV. Bis XVIII. Jahrhundert, ed. Ekkard Mai, Cologne 1993, pp. 54–56, cat. no. 22, illustrated in reverse.
- Ekkard Mai: 'Historie und Landschaft – Aspekte der Gattung bei Gillis Mostaert', in: Die Malerei Antwerpens – Gattungen, Meister, Wirkungen: Studien zur flämischen Kunst des 16. und 17. Jahrhunderts, Cologne 1994, pp. 32 and 34, footnote 36.
- Bert Willem Meijer and Jos Koldeweij: La pittura nei Paesi Bassi, Milan 1997, ill. 206.
- Ekkard Mai: Gillis Mostaert (1528–1598): Ein Antwerpener Maler zur Zeit der Bruegel-Dynastie, Wolfratshausen 2005, pp. 32, 143 and 146, no. 38, ill. 19 and on the book cover.
- Ekkard Mai: Gillis Mostaert (1528–1598): Een Tijdgenoot van Bruegel, Wolfratshausen 2005, pp. 32, 143 and 147, cat. no. 38, ill. 19 and on the book cover.
- Bart Makken: 'Schilderijen om te lezen: Gillis Mostaert tussen wal en schip', in: Streven, Vol. 72, 2005, p. 650 (with ill.).
The multi-figure village fair painting offered here, executed after 1575, is an outstanding example of the genre with which Gillis Mostaert remains particularly associated today. The Antwerp artist was distinguished by exceptional versatility and inventiveness. He painted staffage figures for landscapes by Jacob Grimmer (1525/26–1590), village scenes in the tradition of Pieter Bruegel the Elder (circa 1525–1569), and also produced versions of compositions after Hieronymus Bosch (circa 1450–1516). Mostaert was particularly valued, however, for his landscapes and depictions of village fairs and markets.
The present painting combines in an impressive manner the vitality, narrative potential and delight in detail that already made such works highly sought after by contemporary collectors and continue to account for their particular appeal today. A comparable example is in the National Gallery Prague (cf. Market Scene, oil on panel, 41 × 68.5 cm, inv. no. DO 4237; see RKD images no. 114225).
The present painting combines in an impressive manner the vitality, narrative potential and delight in detail that already made such works highly sought after by contemporary collectors and continue to account for their particular appeal today. A comparable example is in the National Gallery Prague (cf. Market Scene, oil on panel, 41 × 68.5 cm, inv. no. DO 4237; see RKD images no. 114225).
CHF 100 000 / 150 000 | (€ 103 090 / 154 640)
Vendu pour CHF 275 000 (frais inclus)