Lot 58
Attributed to Joachim Beuckelaer (circa 1530-1573)
Lot 58 Details
Attributed to Joachim Beuckelaer (circa 1530-1573), Flemish
HAPPY MOMENT (FIGURES IN A TAVERN), MID 16TH CENTURY
Oil on canvas. Accompanied by a photo certificate from Professor Dr. Ludwig W. Abels, Wien/Paris, in German script.
30.5 ins x 40 ins; 77.5 cms x 101.6 cms
Estimate $3,000-$4,000
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Provenance:
With Beaux Arts, Belgium, their stamp to the top left stretcher verso;
Purchased from a gentleman whose parents bought it in Europe in the 1910s;
Private Collection, Ontario
Note:
Professor Abels opines that according to the subject, it is an early work by Joachim Beukelaer painted in the style of his uncle Pieter Aertsen in whose workshop it is believed he learned to paint.
This lot is one of several paintings in this auction that demonstrate the pleasures of drinking, gambling, and general merrymaking, a recurrent theme in Old Master paintings.