Sebastián María Gabriel Borbon Sold at Auction Prices

DUTCH OR FLEMISH SCHOOL, 17TH CENTURY. FOLLOWER OF JAN WILDENS "JANUARY".

Oil on canvas. Provenance: old collection of the Infante Sebastián Gabriel de Borbón y Braganza (1811-1875), Infante of Spain and Portugal (Barcelona). After a print by Hendrick Hondius I, from a composition by Jan Wildens (1586-1653): a copy is in the British Museum (1614, inv. no. 1113.6012). Jan Wildens made other similar compositions in oil, and the one titled "January. Skating on the Frozen River" (1st half 17th century) is very similar, now kept in Musei di Strada Nuova (Palazzo Rosso), Genoa (inv. no. PB 93). Among the numerous followers of this type of composition, the Dutch artist Jan Abrahamsz Beerstraaten is particularly noteworthy. 103 x 155 cm; 127 x 180 cm. (frame).