Pieter Hofmans, 1642 Antwerpen – 1692 Rom Lot n° 404

Pair of paintingsBATTLE BETWEEN EUROPEAN AND TURKISH ARMIES Oil on canvas. Doubled. 118 x 260 cm and 127 x 273 cm. In wide profiled frame. Expansive hilly landscapes with a battle scene staggered into the depths, a fortress on a hill and a town in the distance. Hofmans was a pupil of Nicolaas van Eyck (1617-1679) and moved to Italy in 1660, where he established himself in Rome and married in 1682, after which he traveled to Turkey. Provenance: European private collection. Presumably Sciarra Collection, Fiano. Literature: Giancarlo Sestieri, I Pittori di Battaglie. Maestri italiani e stranieri del XVII e XVIII secolo, Rome 1999, p. 554 with illus. (1340224) (13) Pieter Hofmans, 1642 Antwerp- 1692 Rome Pair of paintings BATTLES BETWEEN EUROPEAN AND TURKISH ARMIES Oil on canvas. Relined. 127 x 273 cm and 118 x 260 cm. Provenance: European private collection. Probably Sciarra collection, Fiano. Literature: Giancarlo Sestieri, I Pittori di Battaglie. Maestri italiani e stranieri del XVII e XVIII secolo, Rome 1999, p. 554 with ill.