OIL ON OAK PANEL: AN ARCHITECTURAL VIEW, ENGLISH SCHOOL C.1600AFTER THE ORIGINAL DESIGN BY HANS VREDEMAN DE VRIES, C.1560, IN AN ENGLISH NEO-PALLADIAN FRAME IN THE MANNER OF WILLIAM KENT WHICH RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL PAINTED FINISH
THIS FINE OIL ON OAK PANEL IS INSPIRED BY AN ARCHITECTURAL STUDY BY HANS (OR JOHANNES) VREDERMAN DE VRIES, ONE OF THE FAMOUS FAMILY OF ARCHITECTS AND ARTISTS WHO WERE SO CRUCIAL TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ARCHITECTURAL STYLE IN THE NETHERLANDS DURING THE 16TH CENTURY. HANS WAS KNOWN LOCALLY AS 'THE KING OF THE ARCHITECTS' AND IT WAS DURING HIS FIRST RESIDENCY IN ANTWERP, BETWEEN C.1555 AND 1560, WHEN MANY OF HIS MOST FAMOUS ARCHITECTURAL COMMISSIONS WERE EXECUTED. THE PRESENT DESIGN IS BASED ON AN ENGRAVING, PUBLISHED BY DE VRIES' REGULAR COLLABORATOR HIERONYMUS COCK OF ANTWERP AND ENGRAVED BY THE DOETECHUM BROTHERS LUCAS AND JOHANNES. AS THE PRINT, ILLUSTRATED BELOW, WAS PUBLISHED IN 1560 THIS ALLOWS THE ORIGINAL DESIGN FOR THE PIECE TO BE DATED VERY ACCURATELY. A FINE IMPRESSION OF THE PRINT IS INCLUDED WITH THE PRESENT PAINTING BUT OTHER IMPRESSIONS SURVIVE IN MANY NOTABLE MUSEUM COLLECTIONS SUCH AS THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART IN WASHINGTON DC. THE DESIGN FEATURES AS ITS PRIMARY SUBJECT AN OPEN HALL, BORDERING ON TO A TOWN SQUARE. THE HALL IS SUPPORTED ON A SERIES OF TUSCAN COLUMNS WITH GROTESQUE LION MASKS AND RUSTICATED QUOINS ATOP THEM AND A FINELY VAULTED CEILING. VREDEMAN DE VRIES WAS FAMOUS FOR HIS MASTERY OF PERSPECTIVE AND THIS SKILL IS ENTIRELY EVIDENT IN BOTH THE PRINT AND THE PRESENT PAINTING.
FRAMED:
HEIGHT: 87.5 CM. / 34.4 IN.WIDTH: 110.1 CM. / 43.3 IN.
PROVENANCE:
CHRISTOPHER GIBBS, PICTURED IN SITU IN EL FOOLK, HIS HOUSE IN TANGIER, BY DESCENT TO PETER HINWOOD ESQ.
OIL ON OAK PANEL: AN ARCHITECTURAL VIEW, ENGLISH SCHOOL C.1600AFTER THE ORIGINAL DESIGN BY HANS VREDEMAN DE VRIES, C.1560, IN AN ENGLISH NEO-PALLADIAN FRAME IN THE MANNER OF WILLIAM KENT WHICH RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL PAINTED FINISH
THIS FINE OIL ON OAK PANEL IS INSPIRED BY AN ARCHITECTURAL STUDY BY HANS (OR JOHANNES) VREDERMAN DE VRIES, ONE OF THE FAMOUS FAMILY OF ARCHITECTS AND ARTISTS WHO WERE SO CRUCIAL TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ARCHITECTURAL STYLE IN THE NETHERLANDS DURING THE 16TH CENTURY. HANS WAS KNOWN LOCALLY AS 'THE KING OF THE ARCHITECTS' AND IT WAS DURING HIS FIRST RESIDENCY IN ANTWERP, BETWEEN C.1555 AND 1560, WHEN MANY OF HIS MOST FAMOUS ARCHITECTURAL COMMISSIONS WERE EXECUTED. THE PRESENT DESIGN IS BASED ON AN ENGRAVING, PUBLISHED BY DE VRIES' REGULAR COLLABORATOR HIERONYMUS COCK OF ANTWERP AND ENGRAVED BY THE DOETECHUM BROTHERS LUCAS AND JOHANNES. AS THE PRINT, ILLUSTRATED BELOW, WAS PUBLISHED IN 1560 THIS ALLOWS THE ORIGINAL DESIGN FOR THE PIECE TO BE DATED VERY ACCURATELY. A FINE IMPRESSION OF THE PRINT IS INCLUDED WITH THE PRESENT PAINTING BUT OTHER IMPRESSIONS SURVIVE IN MANY NOTABLE MUSEUM COLLECTIONS SUCH AS THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART IN WASHINGTON DC. THE DESIGN FEATURES AS ITS PRIMARY SUBJECT AN OPEN HALL, BORDERING ON TO A TOWN SQUARE. THE HALL IS SUPPORTED ON A SERIES OF TUSCAN COLUMNS WITH GROTESQUE LION MASKS AND RUSTICATED QUOINS ATOP THEM AND A FINELY VAULTED CEILING. VREDEMAN DE VRIES WAS FAMOUS FOR HIS MASTERY OF PERSPECTIVE AND THIS SKILL IS ENTIRELY EVIDENT IN BOTH THE PRINT AND THE PRESENT PAINTING.
FRAMED:
HEIGHT: 87.5 CM. / 34.4 IN.WIDTH: 110.1 CM. / 43.3 IN.
PROVENANCE:
CHRISTOPHER GIBBS, PICTURED IN SITU IN EL FOOLK, HIS HOUSE IN TANGIER, BY DESCENT TO PETER HINWOOD ESQ.
