School of Antwerp, 17th Century
The barber shop with monkeys and cats,
oil on canvas, 28 x 37 cm, framed
The present picture, displaying the interior of a seventeenth century Antwerp barber’s shop, but with the roles of humans substituted for those of monkeys and cats, is a typical singerie, a Flemish sub-genre in which animals, mimic human behaviour in a form of satire. First popularised by the Teniers family of painters, and also by Jan Brueghel II, the present work shows a horrified customer looking at his reflection, while the hairdresser brandishes his scissors mischievously and crowd behind in the background mock the unfortunate newly-shorn barbershop client. This could be read as a warning of the sin of vanity. Singeries tended to have a moralising message, related to one or more of the Seven Deadly Sins.
Specialist: Damian Brenninkmeyer
Damian Brenninkmeyer
+43 1 515 60 403
damian.brenninkmeyer@dorotheum.at
03.05.2023 - 18:00
- Realized price: **
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EUR 14,300.-
- Estimate:
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EUR 12,000.- to EUR 18,000.-
School of Antwerp, 17th Century
The barber shop with monkeys and cats,
oil on canvas, 28 x 37 cm, framed
The present picture, displaying the interior of a seventeenth century Antwerp barber’s shop, but with the roles of humans substituted for those of monkeys and cats, is a typical singerie, a Flemish sub-genre in which animals, mimic human behaviour in a form of satire. First popularised by the Teniers family of painters, and also by Jan Brueghel II, the present work shows a horrified customer looking at his reflection, while the hairdresser brandishes his scissors mischievously and crowd behind in the background mock the unfortunate newly-shorn barbershop client. This could be read as a warning of the sin of vanity. Singeries tended to have a moralising message, related to one or more of the Seven Deadly Sins.
Specialist: Damian Brenninkmeyer
Damian Brenninkmeyer
+43 1 515 60 403
damian.brenninkmeyer@dorotheum.at
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| Auction: | Old Master Paintings |
| Auction type: | Saleroom auction with Live Bidding |
| Date: | 03.05.2023 - 18:00 |
| Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
| Exhibition: | 22.04. - 03.05.2023 |
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