Attributed to Abel Grimmer (Antwerp c. 1570-1618⁄19)

The Month of February: A village with peasants tending to their land, a church beyond

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Attributed to Abel Grimmer (Antwerp c. 1570-1618⁄19)
The Month of February: A village with peasants tending to their land, a church beyond
oil on panel, stamped with the clover leaf mark of the panel maker Michiel Claessens (active Antwerp 1590-1637)
20 ¼ x 29 ¾ in. (51.5 x 75.5 cm.)

Provenance

Karel Ooms-van Eersel; Van Herck, Antwerp, 15 May 1922, lot 156, as 'Abel Grimmer'.

Literature

R. de Bertier de Sauvigny, Jacob et Abel Grimmer, Brussels, 1991, p. 267, no. 21, as 'Abel Grimmer'.

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Lot Essay

Two similar compositions of the present lot, both with smaller dimensions, are known. One of them was with P. de Boer, Amsterdam, and the other is in a private collection, Brussels (op cit, nos. 10, 11, pp. 264-5, pp.345-6).

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