Abraham Govaerts

Wooded Landscape with Hunters and Fortune Teller

45 voorzijde
45 detail
45 achterzijde
45 ingelijst
45 voorzijde
45 voorzijde

Abraham Govaerts
Wooded Landscape with Hunters and Fortune Teller

1612 On view in Gallery Prince Willem V

On a sandy path, some walkers are standing chatting in the sunshine. The path forks to the right into the dark oak forest and to the left towards some houses. Through the silhouette of the fallen tree and the light in the distance, Govaerts created a lot of depth in the landscape.

The Antwerp painter Abraham Govaerts specialised in landscapes and was probably a pupil of Jan Brueghel I.

Technical details
45 voorzijde

Abraham Govaerts
Wooded Landscape with Hunters and Fortune Teller

1612 On view in Gallery Prince Willem V

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Details

General information
Abraham Govaerts (Antwerp 1589 - 1626 Antwerp)
Wooded Landscape with Hunters and Fortune Teller
1612
painting
45
Gallery Prince Willem V
Material and technical details
oil
panel
62.5 x 101 cm
Inscriptions
lower centre: AGOVAERTS / .1.6.12.
AG and VAE in ligature
on the verso: RB
unidentified panel-maker's mark: a large 'R' with a smaller 'B' between the legs

Provenance

Princess Albertine Agnes of Orange-Nassau, Leeuwarden, 1681; Oranienstein Palace, Diez, 1726; by inheritance to Prince William V, The Hague, until 1795; confiscated by the French, transferred to the Muséum Central des Arts/Musée Napoléon (Musée du Louvre), Paris, 1795-1815; Royal Picture Gallery, housed in the Prince William V Gallery, The Hague, 1816; transferred to the Mauritshuis, 1822