Lot no. 2035
Frans Francken d. J.
Cornelis de Baellieur d. Ä.
Krösus zeigt Solon seine Schätze
Öl auf Holz. 74,5 x 109 cm.
Gutachten
Dr. Ursula Härting, Hamm 22.9.2020.
Provenienz
Schweizer Sammlung.
Im Zentrum der Darstellung und umgeben von seinem Hofstaat zeigt der lydische König Krösus mit seinem Zepter stolz auf seine Schätze als der Quelle seines Glücks. Doch der neben ihm stehende Philosoph Solon - so berichtet es Herodot in seinen "Historien" - warnt ihn vor dieser Hybris, da sich keiner vor seinem Lebensende als glücklich bezeichnen könne.
Das Gemälde entstand in Zusammenarbeit von Cornelis de Baellieur mit Frans Francken d. J., einem der bedeutendsten Kleinfigurenmaler der Rubenszeit in Antwerpen, und ist eine leicht veränderte Version nach Franckens fast gleich großem Gemälde aus dem Besitz des Habsburger Erzherzogs Leopold Wilhelm (1614-1662) im Kunsthistorischen Museum in Wien (86,5 x 120 cm, Inv. Nr. 1049). Frans Francken schuf in unserem Gemälde neben einigen der Preziosen die beiden Protagonisten Krösus und Solon sowie rechts außen den Pagen, der den Vorhang zur Seite zieht. Cornelis de Bailleur hingegen - der mit den Werken Frans Franckens als sein ehemaliger Lehrling auf das beste vertraut gewesen ist - folgt im Übrigen dem genannten Vorbild, setzt aber zudem mit dem Windspiel in der linken unteren Ecke ein signetartiges eigenes Motiv in die Komposition hinein.
Frans Francken the Younger
Cornelis de Baellieur the Elder
Croesus Showing his Treasures to So
Oil on panel. 74.5 x 109 cm.
Certificate
Dr. Ursula Härting, Hamm 22.09.2020.
Provenance
Swiss collection.
This painting depicts the Lydian King Croesus in the centre of the image, surrounded by his court, using his sceptre to proudly display the treasures that are the source of his happiness. But standing next to him is the philosopher Solon who, as Herodotus records in his "Histories", warns him against this hubris, since no one can describe themselves as happy before the end of their life.
The painting was created in collaboration between Cornelis de Baellieur and Frans Francken the Younger, one of the most important small-figure painters of the Rubens period in Antwerp. It is a slightly amended version of Francken's painting of almost the same size in the possession of the Habsburg Archduke Leopold Wilhelm (1614-1662), housed in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna (86.5 x 120 cm, inv. no. 1049). In this work, Frans Francken was responsible for painting the two protagonists Croesus and Solon and the page on the far right who pulls the curtain to the side, as well as some of the treasures. Cornelis de Bailleur, on the other hand - who was very familiar with the works of Frans Francken as his former apprentice - follows the above-mentioned model, but adds his own signature motif to the composition in the form of the greyhound in the lower left corner.
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