"Diana and Her Nymphs After the Hunt" by Cornelis Willaerts (Dutch 1600-1666).

Oil on wood panel. Framed.

Signed and dated, lower right: C. Willaerts 1655.

Reverse with various painted and chalked collector / auction markings.

A classical scene in a bucolic landscape, with Diana and two of her Nymphs at rest after a hunt. A man is approaching and the women are surrounded by their dogs and various game. A foot bridge and cows on a road through the forest are in the background.

Painting: 16" x 21" (41 cm x 53 cm)

Frame: 21" x 26" (53 cm x 66 cm)

PROVENANCE: Purchased by a collector at Butterfield & Butterfield in San Francisco in the 1960s and sold at the estate sale in the 1990s. No name or exact dates associated with the estate.

CONDITION: Generally good condition with areas of restoration visible under ultra-violet light, mostly in the red tent-cloth and the tree above it, and in a thin horizontal area that lines up with the distant horizon (looks to be where the two panel planks meet. The reverse shows an old horizontal wood bar repairs or strengthening but there is no associated in-painting on the front. The frame has wear and touch-ups and is likely 19th century.

NOTES / REFERENCES: Cornelis Adamsz Willaerts (Dutch 1600-1666). Born in Utrecht, Holland around 1600, came from a large Dutch family of painters. His father, Adam Willaerts, was one of the many Protestants who emigrated from Flanders to the northern Netherlands at the end of the 16th century. Adam Willaerts had three sons who became painters, Abraham Willaerts and Isaac Willaerts, studied with him and painted marine subjects as well as portraits. Unlike his father and younger brothers, the eldest son Cornelis Willaerts (1600–66) was a history painter who also painted portraits and landscapes, including Arcadian scenes in the manner of Cornelis van Poelenburch. Cornelis Adamsz Willaerts died in Utrecht around 1666.

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