Virginie Pitchal Oil On Canvas And Oil On Panel

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Abraham van der HOEF Delft, circa 1603 - 1649 - 1696 Cavalry charges Pair of panels, two planks 48 x 63 cm One is signed at the bottom left: A. Hoef. Provenance: Private collection, France. Abraham van der Hoef, a battle painter and Hoeff, is originally from Delft. The Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg keeps "A cavalry skirmish" from him. He worked in collaboration with Martin de Jonge and Antonio Palamedes: he is close to the latter for his compositions and the rendering of his landscapes. It is therefore assumed that a number of van der Hoef's paintings remain attributed to Antonio Palamedes. His battle scenes are often composed around a rider in the foreground in the center and heavily lit. On our panels, this character rides a white horse. All in motion, his compositions are powerfully illuminated by the use of the same chiaroscuro that Rembrandt used at the same time. This technique had been introduced in the Netherlands by the Caravagists of Utrecht. Our panels are representative examples of 17th-century Dutch painting, a mixture of movement, expression and Caravagist reminiscences.

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• Country : FRANCE
• Designer : Abraham van der HOEF