DANIEL VERTANGEN (c.1598-1684)

NYMPHS DANCING AND MAKING MUSIC IN AN ARCADIAN SETTING
Signed l.l. D Vertangen
Oil on panel
29.5 x 40 cm
 
PROVENANCE:
Possibly John Gibbons (1777-1851), by whom sold in Bristol, 07.10.1820, lot 6 [label affixed to reverse of panel 6 / Vertangen];
Thomas Hamlet, London (1770-1853);
By whom sold at Robins, London, 24.03.1834, lot 26 (Dancing Nymphs, &c., a pleasing picture) [label affixed to reverse of panel 26];
Where acquired by 'Woodin' for £5-9;
Anonymous sale, Christie's, New York, 15.06.1977, lot 111;
Anonymous sale, Christie's, London, 12.12.1980, lot 47 (sold for £7,500);
Anonymous sale, Christie's, New York, 16.12.1988, lot 124 (sold for £10,000);
Property of a Gentleman, Christie's, 03.12.1997, lot 112 (sold for £13,700);
With Lawrence Steigrad Fine Arts, New York;
Private collection, France
 
 
 
 
Daniel Vertangen was born in the Hague, according to Arnold Houbraken, and is thought to have been a pupil of Cornelis van Poelenburgh, whose influence can be clearly discerned in the present work's juxtaposition of an idealised, Italianate landscape and classical figures.