471 - Joannes ESMAN (1793–1847)

Joannes ESMAN (1793–1847) Still Life with Game Oil on canvas Signed and dated 1822 in the lower right corner 19th-century frame with palmette decoration Approximately 38 x 33 cm (Cracks, stains, heavily oxidized varnish, and small areas missing. Restored and re-stretched. Sold as is) Johannes Esman was a Dutch painter who specialized in still lifes, particularly hunting trophies. He was trained by his father, himself a painter and draftsman, who introduced him to the tradition of 17th-century Dutch painting. In 1837, he received an award from the Felix Meritis Art Society in Amsterdam. He was the teacher of the still-life painter Hendrik Jan Hein (1822–1866). --- Cabinet Artéon, Appraisals of Old Master Paintings and Drawings