Dutch school second third XVII century, possibly JAN VAN NOORDT (Holland, 1623- after 1676). "The meeting of Don Juan and Preciosa". Oil on canvas. Presents restorations. It conserves frame of epoch. Measurements: 117 x 167 cm; 147 x 198 cm (frame). Preciosa is the main character of La Gitanilla, the first of the twelve stories that compose the book of exemplary tales by Miguel de Cervantes. The nobleman Don Juan de Cárcamo falls in love with Preciosa, a young, beautiful and virtuous gypsy. Preciosa asks the young man to prove his love by abandoning his rank and family and adopting the gypsy way of life for two years. Don Juan accepts and takes the name Andrés. After a series of adventures, it is revealed that Preciosa is actually a noblewoman by birth, kidnapped as a child. The two lovers were then able to marry. Aesthetically and compositionally this work follows the model established by Jan van Noordt, whose original work is now in a private collection. Jan van Noordt moved to Amsterdam in the late 1630s, where he began to train under the guidance of the artist Jacob Adriaensz. Jan, also studied under Abraham van den Tempel- As an independent artist, Van Noordt devoted himself to genre subjects, especially the pastoral scenes that had become fashionable in Dutch art. In the late 1650s he began to receive portrait commissions, which evidently allowed him to return to history painting. In the course of the 1660s his style changed from the studied dynamic elegance of Backer to a mature and robust style inspired mainly by the Flemish painter Jacob Jordaens, who had recently undertaken important commissions in Amsterdam. During these years he taught Johannes Voorhout, among other artists. His output declined from 1672 onwards, due to the general economic recession following the Triple Invasion of 1672. It presents restorations.