Mathys Schoevaerdts, um 1663 Brüssel – um 170... Lot n° 230

TRAVELING THROUGH A SOUTHERN VILLAGE Oil on canvas. Old doubling. 47.8 x 68.5 cm. Unsigned. In ebonized wide profile frame. According to the consignor, formerly with an expertise by Dr. Walther Bernt from 1968, who attributes the painting to Mathys Schoevaerdts. A landscape criss-crossed by hills, whose houses, some of which are multi-storey, adapt to the gradient of the hills, offers sufficient space for a stream shimmering in the light, dancing figures, a procession of travelers in the foreground and numerous trees contrasting with the summer sky. The present painting is compositionally very similar to a painting attributed to Schoevaerdt (40 x 57.5 cm), which is registered in the RKD under number 269909. Schoevaerdts was a pupil of Adriaen Frans Boudewijns (1644-1719); his last dated painting dates from 1702. Provenance: Auction Stuker, Bern, November 10, 1965, lot 1729 as Jan Adriaensz. de Man. Auction Dobiaschofsky, Bern, May 2, 1968, lot 316, as Jan Adriaensz. de Man. Private collection, Switzerland. Private collection, Switzerland since 1973 (1401435) (13) Mathys Schoevaerdts, ca. 1663 Brussels- ca. 1703 TRAVELERS THROUGH A SOUTHERN VILLAGE Oil on canvas. Old relining. 47.8 x 68.5 cm. According to the consignor the painting was formerly accompanied by an expert's report by Dr Walther Bernt from 1968, attributing the painting to Mathys Schoevaerdts. The composition of the present painting is very similar to a painting attributed to Schoevaerdts (40 x 57.5 cm) listed at the RKD with no. 269909. Provenance: Stuker Auction, Bern, November 10, 1965, lot 1729 as Jan Adriaensz. de Man. Dobiaschofsky Auction, Bern, 2 May 1968, lot 316, as Jan Adriaensz. de Man. Private collection, Switzerland. Private collection, Switzerland since 1973.