Lot No. 74


Matthäus Terwesten


(The Hague 1670-1757),
Allegory of Fertility,
signed and dated at lower centre: M. TERWESTEN 1731,
oil on canvas, 90 x 87 cm, framed

Provenance: Northern German private collection.

Matthäus Terwesten came from a well-known family of artists. After several years in Rome and Berlin, he settled in The Hague in 1699. The following year he was appointed regent of the Hague drawing academy. Terwesten was a portraitist and history painter and one of the most prominent exponents of 18th-century Dutch Neoclassicism.

Specialist: Dr. Alexander Strasoldo Dr. Alexander Strasoldo
+43-1-515 60-556

alexander.strasoldo@dorotheum.at

11.06.2013 - 17:00

Estimate:
EUR 6,000.- to EUR 8,000.-

Matthäus Terwesten


(The Hague 1670-1757),
Allegory of Fertility,
signed and dated at lower centre: M. TERWESTEN 1731,
oil on canvas, 90 x 87 cm, framed

Provenance: Northern German private collection.

Matthäus Terwesten came from a well-known family of artists. After several years in Rome and Berlin, he settled in The Hague in 1699. The following year he was appointed regent of the Hague drawing academy. Terwesten was a portraitist and history painter and one of the most prominent exponents of 18th-century Dutch Neoclassicism.

Specialist: Dr. Alexander Strasoldo Dr. Alexander Strasoldo
+43-1-515 60-556

alexander.strasoldo@dorotheum.at


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Auction: Old Master Paintings
Auction type: Saleroom auction
Date: 11.06.2013 - 17:00
Location: Vienna | Palais Dorotheum
Exhibition: 05.06. - 11.06.2013