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Marten van Cleve - Peasants Feeding Spanish Soldiers

Auction 1097 - overview Cologne
18.11.2017, 11:00 - Old Master Paintings, Drawings, and Sculpture
Estimate: 10.000 € - 15.000 €

Marten van Cleve

Peasants Feeding Spanish Soldiers

Oil on panel. 35 x 42 cm.

According to Ertz, this painting depicts a scene from the siege of Antwerp between 1570 and 1576 when peasants were forced to host Spanish soldiers. The dog appears in other paintings by the artist who used it as kind of a signature.

Certificate

Dr. Klaus Ertz, Lingen, 5.3.2017.