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| View Original: | Denys van Alsloot Skating Masquerade, or Carnival on Ice at the Kipdorppoort Moats in Antwerp.jpg (2952x1668) | |||
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| Keywords: Denys van Alsloot Skating Masquerade, or Carnival on Ice at the Kipdorppoort Moats in Antwerp.jpg Artwork creator Denis van Alsloot or more likely Creator Sebastiaan Vrancx Skating Masquerade <br> alternate title ca 1620 painting cm 57 100 Institution Museo del Prado object history credit line http //www christies com/lotfinder/paintings/sebastian-vrancx-a-winter-carnival-with-figures-5958379-details aspx from searchresults intObjectID 5958379 sid a38c5f9f-194f-4943-b329-4003d3c37cbe The composition has traditionally been associated with Denys van Alsloot c 1568-1625 to whom several of the versions including this one and the one in the Prado have formerly been attributed The Prado picture has often been cited as the prototype by van Alsloot although notwithstanding the slight compositional differences between it and the present work the assured handling and sustained quality of this example would indicate its clear superiority Certainly they are by different hands Sabine van Sprang in her recent monograph on van Alsloot rejects altogether the premise that the artist had any connection with the composition suggesting that the idea grew from an archival reference to two winter landscapes by van Alsloot that were mistakenly linked to this Carnival subject S van Sprang Denijs van Alsloot Peintre Paysagiste au service de la cour des Archducs Albert et Isabelle Pictura Nova Turnhout 2014 Sebastian Vrancx has been proposed as the more likely author of the composition and the version in Brussels which was also formerly attributed to van Alsloot is now considered closer to Vrancx accession number https //www museodelprado es/coleccion/obra-de-arte/mascarada-patinando-o-el-carnaval-sobre-el-hielo/1f9d4946-3228-4cbf-ad81-dd24156c077e PD-old-100 Denis van Alsloot Village scenes and cityscapes by Sebastiaan Vrancx Flemish paintings in the Museo del Prado Masquerade in art Paintings of Antwerp Carnivals in art | ||||
