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- A LARGE 18TH CENTURY OIL PAINTING OF A SEATED HOUND
A LARGE 18TH CENTURY OIL PAINTING OF A SEATED HOUND
A LARGE 18TH CENTURY OIL PAINTING OF A SEATED HOUND
Circa 1710
A large eighteenth century oil on canvas still life, depicting a seated English setter of whimsical expression within a naturalistic landscape guarding spoils of the hunt, including a hare amongst a collection of game birds. The painting mounted in an 18th century walnut cavetto frame with giltwood slip. Attributed to Flemish artist Bernaert De Bridt (1668-1720).
Provenance: Powderham Castle
Height 100.00cm
Width 123.00cm
Bernaerdt de Bridt (1668-1720) was a prolific Late Baroque painter of hunting still lifes in Antwerp, first being recorded when he registering as a master of the Antwerp Guild of St. Luke in the year running from September 1688 to 1689. He is particularly known for his still lifes of dead game, hunting pieces, live animals, sumptuous still lifes and genre scenes with a prominent still life component. His compositions tend take the form of hunting trophies displayed in a landscape, frequently featuring hunting implements, dogs or cats. Some sources state that de Bridt may have been a pupil of Jan Fyt (1611-1661), another Flemish still life painter specialising in this genre. He was clearly influenced heavily by his fellow townsman who was known for his technical mastery and bold facility in the representation of animals, of their furs and especially of the plumes of birds. Due to de Bridt skill in this field, it is possible that some of his hunting still lifes were wrongly attributed to Fyt who also left many works unsigned. Certainly a few of his works have formerly been attributed incorrectly to other specialist painters of dead game such as Pieter Boel and Adriaen de Grijef.
Circa 1710
A large eighteenth century oil on canvas still life, depicting a seated English setter of whimsical expression within a naturalistic landscape guarding spoils of the hunt, including a hare amongst a collection of game birds. The painting mounted in an 18th century walnut cavetto frame with giltwood slip. Attributed to Flemish artist Bernaert De Bridt (1668-1720).
Provenance: Powderham Castle
Height 100.00cm
Width 123.00cm
Bernaerdt de Bridt (1668-1720) was a prolific Late Baroque painter of hunting still lifes in Antwerp, first being recorded when he registering as a master of the Antwerp Guild of St. Luke in the year running from September 1688 to 1689. He is particularly known for his still lifes of dead game, hunting pieces, live animals, sumptuous still lifes and genre scenes with a prominent still life component. His compositions tend take the form of hunting trophies displayed in a landscape, frequently featuring hunting implements, dogs or cats. Some sources state that de Bridt may have been a pupil of Jan Fyt (1611-1661), another Flemish still life painter specialising in this genre. He was clearly influenced heavily by his fellow townsman who was known for his technical mastery and bold facility in the representation of animals, of their furs and especially of the plumes of birds. Due to de Bridt skill in this field, it is possible that some of his hunting still lifes were wrongly attributed to Fyt who also left many works unsigned. Certainly a few of his works have formerly been attributed incorrectly to other specialist painters of dead game such as Pieter Boel and Adriaen de Grijef.