MAKE A MEME View Large Image Sebastiaen Vrancx - A winter carnival with figures on the ice before the Kipdorppoort Bastion in Antwerp.jpg Artwork title A winter carnival with figures on the ice before the Kipdorppoort Bastion in Antwerp color oak panel cm 69 8 109 5 At ...
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Keywords: Sebastiaen Vrancx - A winter carnival with figures on the ice before the Kipdorppoort Bastion in Antwerp.jpg Artwork title A winter carnival with figures on the ice before the Kipdorppoort Bastion in Antwerp color oak panel cm 69 8 109 5 At Christie's on 8 December 2015 London lot 4 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 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 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 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 Alsloot is now considered closer to Vrancx object history 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 1618-1620 Creator Sebastiaan Vrancx PD-old-100 Other versions Village scenes and cityscapes by Sebastiaan Vrancx Masquerade in art Paintings of Antwerp Carnivals in art
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