Aert Schouman

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4,000 - 6,000 GBP

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Description

Aert Schouman
A bird catcher and his family seated in a port, after Jan Weenix
Watercolour and gouache;
signed with initials, dated and inscribed, verso: A:S na Weenix. 1745

Catalogue Note

Like lot 87, the present work is an 18th century copy by Schouman after a 17th-century Dutch artist, in this case Jan Weenix. The composition and subject are typical of the work of Weenix, who frequently portrayed figures set in Italianate, seaport settings. A characteristic example of his works of this type is in the Petit Palais.¹

1. See C. Schloss, 'The Early Italianate Genre Paintings by Jan Weenix (ca. 1642-1719)', Oud Holland, vol. 97, no. 2, 1983, pp. 75-76, catalogue no. 8, reproduced