Matthäus Terwesten (The Hague 1670–1757)
Allegory of fruitfulness, signed and dated lower centre: : M. TERWESTEN 1731, 90 x 87 cm, framed
Provenance:
northern German private collection.
Matthäus Terwesten was born into a well-known family of artists. After several years spent in Rome and Berlin, he settled in The Hague in 1699. A year later he was appointed regent of the Academy of Drawing in The Hague. Terwesten was a portrait and history painter and one of the most striking exponents of 18th-century Netherlandish Classicism.
Specialist: Dr. Alexander Strasoldo
Dr. Alexander Strasoldo
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Matthäus Terwesten (The Hague 1670–1757)
Allegory of fruitfulness, signed and dated lower centre: : M. TERWESTEN 1731, 90 x 87 cm, framed
Provenance:
northern German private collection.
Matthäus Terwesten was born into a well-known family of artists. After several years spent in Rome and Berlin, he settled in The Hague in 1699. A year later he was appointed regent of the Academy of Drawing in The Hague. Terwesten was a portrait and history painter and one of the most striking exponents of 18th-century Netherlandish Classicism.
Specialist: Dr. Alexander Strasoldo
Dr. Alexander Strasoldo
+43-1-515 60-556
old.masters@dorotheum.com
| Auction: | Old Master Paintings |
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| Auction type: | Saleroom auction |
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| Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
| Exhibition: | 06.10. - 17.10.2012 |