Lot 386: Attributed to Dirk Theodoor Helmbreker , Haarlem 1636 - 1696 Rome An italianate landscape with peasants making merry and pressing grapes oil on canvas

oil on canvas

measurements note 64 by 97 cm.; 25 1/4 by 38 1/4 in.

John Wright by 1866 (according to an old label on the reverse).

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Dirck Helmbreker settled in Rome in 1659 and is associated with the third generation of Dutch Italianates working there. He was one of the later bamboccianti, a group of painters influenced by Pieter van Laer, called Il Bamboccio (1599 - circa 1642) who painted scenes of contemporary Italian peasant life.