Jan Miel

With Knoedler, New York;

From whom acquired by a private collector, Virginia, 1984;

Thence by descent to the present collector.

Hampton Roads Collects, exhibition catalogue, Norfolk 1982, p. 47, reproduced.

Norfolk, Virginia, Chrysler Museum, Hampton Roads Collects, 13 July - 2 September 1984, unnumbered.

Jan Miel, a Flemish painter and engraver who lived and worked in Rome, likely painted this serene landscape in the late 1630s. The depiction of golden light through the application of thin glazes, the overall tonality of the composition, and the striking contrast between the sharply rendered figures in the foreground and the hazy landscape beyond are all characteristic of Miel's artistic production during this early period of his career.