Lot 1108: Vincent Malo (Cambrai circa 1595-1649 Rome)

Vincent Malo (Cambrai circa 1595-1649 Rome)
The Judgement of Paris
signed with monogram 'MV υaυ F'
oil on paper, laid down on board, unframed
11 x 16¼ in. (28.1 x 41.1 cm.)

After studying first with Rubens and then with David Teniers, Vincent Malo entered the Guild of Saint Luke in Antwerp in 1623. Primarily a history and landscape painter, he travelled to Italy circa 1634, where he settled in Genoa and executed paintings for a number of the city's churches.