Attributed to Adam van Breen

Probably Amsterdam circa 1585–after 1642 Norway


Two Elegant Couples Picknicking in the Fields

Inscribed on the picknick cloth in between the figures: AD and M Pen in brown ink with blue and brown wash

165 by 260 mm.


Datable to
circa 1615.

In his article of 1932 J.G. van Gelder writes the following about this drawing: “De wijze van teekenen met de eigenaardige spikkeltjes en het tegen de lucht afteek- enen van de silhouetjes, het voor van Breen typeerend los verband tusschen de figuren onderling, maakt een toeschrijving aan den schilder wel aanneemelijk” (translated: “The manner of drawing with the characteristic specks and the little silhouettes set against the sky, the loose connection between the various fixtures typical for Van Breen, all help to make an attribution to this painter very accept- able.”). In a more recent article of 1998 by Dieter Beaujean, it was suggested that the drawing may be attributable to Louis de Caullery (c.1580–1621). In our opinion however, an attribution to Adam van Breen is more accurate

Provenance:
M.J. Kneppelhout; his deceased sale, Amsterdam, R.W.P. de Vries, 9 March 1920, lot 572 (as D. Vinckboons, sic.);
Sale (A. Prince zu S(olms)–B(raunfels) a.o.), Amsterdam, R.W.P. de Vries, 24 January 1922, lot 593 (as David Vinckboons)
Dr. N. Beets, Amsterdam, by 1932; his deceased sale, Amsterdam, Mensing/ Fred. Muller, 9 April 1940, lot 18 (as Adam van Breen);
Private collection, the Netherlands;
Sale, Amsterdam, Sotheby’s, 9 November 1999, lot 41 (as Adam van Breen); With Gebr. Douwes, Amsterdam/London, by 2000 (as Adam van Breen).

Literature:
J.G. van Gelder and N.F. van Gelder–Schrijver, ‘Adam van Breen, Schilder’, in:
Oudheidkundig Jaarboek, vol. 1, 1932, pp. 112 and 116, no. 31, reproduced plate XXX, fig. 3 (as in the collection of Dr. N. Beets);
D. Beaujean, ‘Louis de Caulery as a Draftsman’, in: Master Drawings,1998, vol. 36, pp. 404–406, and p. 408, note 23, reproduced p. 406, fig. 9 (as ‘attributed to Louis de Caulery’, sic.). 


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