CORNELIS WILLAERTS Lot n° 38

(Utrecht, 1600 - 1666) The Finding of Moses Signed and dated lower left: C. WILLARTS 1645 Oil on panel, 34X54.5 cm. Provenance: New York, Christie's, April 24, 1995, lot 104 (as Cornelis Willaerts) New York, Sotheby's, January 17, 1996, lot 67 (as Cornelis Willaerts) Cologne, Lempertz, May 20, 2017, lot 1053 (as Cornelis Willaerts) Private Collection. Bibliography: RKD: https://rkd.nl/images/4567; https://rkd.nl/images/4569 Cornelis Willaerts trained in the workshop of his father Adam Willaerts, who was devoted to painting seascapes. In 1622 the painter was admitted as a master in the Utrecht guild, and his production manifests a clear Italianate flavor, conceiving small works following the example of Cornelis van Poelenburgh. Reference bibliography: Th. von Frimmel, Ein signiertes Bild von Cornelis Willaerts, Studien und Skizzen zur Gemäldekunde, 3 (1918), no. 9-10, p. 145-146 Th. von Frimmel, Ein signiertes Werk des Cornelis Willaerts, Neue Blätter für Gemäldekunde, 1 (1922), nr. 1, p. 19-20