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‡ HERMAN VAN SWANEVELT (DUTCH 1603- 1655), POLYPHEMUS AND GALATEA THE JUDGMENT OF PARIS
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‡ HERMAN VAN SWANEVELT (DUTCH 1603- 1655), POLYPHEMUS AND GALATEA THE JUDGMENT OF PARIS
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‡ HERMAN VAN SWANEVELT (DUTCH 1603- 1655) POLYPHEMUS AND GALATEA; THE JUDGMENT OF PARISOil on canvas, a pairThe former signed and dated 'HVS (in ligature) WANEVELT. / ... 1643' (lower left); the latter signed 'H SWANEVELT. FA. VEN' (lower right)Each 61 x 75cm (24 x 29½ in.) (2)Provenance: Collezione Alfa, no. 69, 70 (according to label on verso)P.&D. Colnaghi & Co. Ltd. (according to label on verso)Herner Wengraf, until at least 1974From whom acquired by Richard L. FeigenLiterature: A. Sutherland Harris, Landscape Paintings in Rome 1595-1675, New York, 1985, pp. 29-30A.C. Steland, Herman van Swanevelt (um 1603-1655) Gemälde und Zeichnungen, Petersberg, 2010, vol. I, nos. G 1 36 A and B, pp. 145, vol. II, reproduced pp. 442 and 443, figs. G 100 and G 101Having worked for some of the most influential patrons of his time-including Pope Urban VIII Barberini, Cardinal-Duc de Richelieu, and King Louis XIV-Herman van Swanevelt was a highly sought-after artist. He was particularly admired for his naturalistic observation of landscape and his masterful treatment of light, capturing the shifting moods of the day and atmospheric variations.His stay in Rome from around 1629 to 1641 was crucial to his development. Influenced by painters like Claude Lorrain, Swanevelt refined his approach to light and composition, and began incorporating mythological themes into idyllic natural settings.This pair of mythological landscapes likely dates to the late Roman period, around the time of his commissions for the King of Spain. The classical figures with elongated limbs and idealized faces, along with the misty, light-filled vistas, closely resemble elements in Landscape with Hermit Preaching, painted for the Buen Retiro (1639-1641) and now in the Museo del Prado, Madrid (inv. no. P005121).Each painting illustrates a mythological love story ending in tragedy. In The Triumph of Galatea, Ovid recounts how the nymph Galatea escapes the cyclops Polyphemus in favour of her lover Acis, whom Polyphemus later kills in a jealous rage. The Judgment of Paris tells of Paris awarding the golden apple to Aphrodite, who promises him Helen of Sparta-an act that ultimately triggers the Trojan War.
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Oil on canvas, a pair
‡ Indicates that the lot is being sold whilst subject to temporary importation and that import VAT at the reduced rate (currently 5%) calculated on the hammer price is due.
Oil on canvas, a pair