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39 - Jacob GRIMMER (Antwerp, 1525/1526–1590/1609)
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Jacob GRIMMER (Antwerp, 1525/1526–1590/1609) Spring Oil on oak panel, parquet-style Traces of a signature and date on the wall in the center Spring, oil on oak panel, by J. Grimmer 17.12 x 23.22 in. 43.5 x 59 cm Provenance: Sanct Lucas Gallery, Vienna, 1957 (attributed to Abel Grimmer); Nijstadt Gallery, The Hague; Acquired by Walter Hertz (1895–1986) in Brussels on March 17, 1958; Bequeathed to his daughter in 1986; Then passed down through the family; Private collection, Belgium Bibliography: Edith Greindl, Jacob Grimmer: Monograph, Vienna, 1972, no. 31 Reine de Bertier de Sauvigny, Jacob and Abel Grimmer, Brussels, 1991, p. 83, XLVIII, ill. p. 81, no. 28 Commentary: Similar in size to Lot 18 in our sale, which depicted summer, this charming painting by Jacob Grimmer portrays early spring. The trees are still bare, stripped of their leaves, but the soil in the fields and gardens is already being prepared. In the distance, within an enclosed estate and near a canal, stands a castle flanked by a tower topped with a sphere. The motif of a castle set within a vast landscape is a recurring theme in Grimmer’s work and had already appeared in a painting previously exhibited in our galleries.¹ As a chronicler of rural life in 16th-century Flanders, Jacob Grimmer presents us with a scene of nature tamed by man. Artcurial Auction, Paris, November 9, 2022, Lot 11
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