Attributed to Jacob Ochtervelt
(Rotterdam 1635–1710)
An interior with a young lady giving alms to beggars at the door,
indistinctly signed and dated lower right: J. ochtervelt f/ 16..,
oil on canvas, 47.3 x 41 cm, framed
Provenance:
sale, Christie’s, Paris, 19 September 2017, lot 15;
where acquired by the present owner
In subject matter, and composition, this interior scene relates to a group of ten further works by Jacob Ochtervelt produced over the course of two decades, during the 1660s and 1670s (see S. Kuretsky, The Paintings of Jacob Ochtervelt, Oxford 1979, cat. nos. 16, 24, 41, 50, 51, 53, 55, 62, 103). All of the paintings in this group are set in the entrance hall of an elegant house and portray an encounter at a doorway between the household residents and members of the outside world.
Ochtervelt was not the only painter to use the entrance hall as a central element in his compositions, but it was he that most fully realised its potential. Setting the interaction between the members of two classes of society in a physical space that was neither entirely indoors nor outdoors, he was able to subtly encapsulate an essential aspect of Dutch life and its underlying moral structure with a minimum of fuss or extraneous detail.
Specialist: Damian Brenninkmeyer
Damian Brenninkmeyer
+43 1 515 60 403
damian.brenninkmeyer@dorotheum.at
22.10.2019 - 18:30
- Estimate:
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EUR 20,000.- to EUR 30,000.-
Attributed to Jacob Ochtervelt
(Rotterdam 1635–1710)
An interior with a young lady giving alms to beggars at the door,
indistinctly signed and dated lower right: J. ochtervelt f/ 16..,
oil on canvas, 47.3 x 41 cm, framed
Provenance:
sale, Christie’s, Paris, 19 September 2017, lot 15;
where acquired by the present owner
In subject matter, and composition, this interior scene relates to a group of ten further works by Jacob Ochtervelt produced over the course of two decades, during the 1660s and 1670s (see S. Kuretsky, The Paintings of Jacob Ochtervelt, Oxford 1979, cat. nos. 16, 24, 41, 50, 51, 53, 55, 62, 103). All of the paintings in this group are set in the entrance hall of an elegant house and portray an encounter at a doorway between the household residents and members of the outside world.
Ochtervelt was not the only painter to use the entrance hall as a central element in his compositions, but it was he that most fully realised its potential. Setting the interaction between the members of two classes of society in a physical space that was neither entirely indoors nor outdoors, he was able to subtly encapsulate an essential aspect of Dutch life and its underlying moral structure with a minimum of fuss or extraneous detail.
Specialist: Damian Brenninkmeyer
Damian Brenninkmeyer
+43 1 515 60 403
damian.brenninkmeyer@dorotheum.at
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| Auction: | Old Master Paintings II |
| Auction type: | Saleroom auction |
| Date: | 22.10.2019 - 18:30 |
| Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
| Exhibition: | 12.10. - 22.10.2019 |