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JOHANNES SPILBERG (1619–1690): JOSEPH AND POTIPHAR'S WIFE / Around 1680, Netherlands Spilberg hailed
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JOHANNES SPILBERG (1619–1690): JOSEPH AND POTIPHAR'S WIFE / Around 1680, Netherlands
Spilberg hailed from Düsseldorf, where he started to study painting under his father, who sent him to Rubens in Antwerp in 1640. But Rubens died that same year, so the young Spilberg continued to Amsterdam. Here he spent seven years studying under Rembrandt's only direct student, Govaert Flinck -- and hence Spilberg is considered a "second generation" student of Rembrandt. After completing his studies, he returned to Düsseldorf, where he worked as a family portrait painter in the court of Philip William, Elector Palatine. Spilberg created his masterpieces likely while still residing in Amsterdam. Large canvases were artistically more interesting, depicting mythological scenes with opulent figural compositions, in which he used bold color and focused on details. Today Spilberg's works are represented in leading galleries around the world. The painting tells the Biblical story of the rejected wife of Potiphar, the pharaoh’s administrator, who entrusted his slave Joseph with overseeing his home. The scene is very lively, with the figures in dynamic, S-shaped movement. The entire atmosphere is rounded out with contrasts between light and shadow, but also the details of individual items in the room. The painter's Dutch training is especially evident in the woman's face. Oil on wood panel. (65 x 54 cm)
Spilberg hailed from Düsseldorf, where he started to study painting under his father, who sent him to Rubens in Antwerp in 1640. But Rubens died that same year, so the young Spilberg continued to Amsterdam. Here he spent seven years studying under Rembrandt's only direct student, Govaert Flinck -- and hence Spilberg is considered a "second generation" student of Rembrandt. After completing his studies, he returned to Düsseldorf, where he worked as a family portrait painter in the court of Philip William, Elector Palatine. Spilberg created his masterpieces likely while still residing in Amsterdam. Large canvases were artistically more interesting, depicting mythological scenes with opulent figural compositions, in which he used bold color and focused on details. Today Spilberg's works are represented in leading galleries around the world. The painting tells the Biblical story of the rejected wife of Potiphar, the pharaoh’s administrator, who entrusted his slave Joseph with overseeing his home. The scene is very lively, with the figures in dynamic, S-shaped movement. The entire atmosphere is rounded out with contrasts between light and shadow, but also the details of individual items in the room. The painter's Dutch training is especially evident in the woman's face. Oil on wood panel. (65 x 54 cm)
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JOHANNES SPILBERG (1619–1690): JOSEPH AND POTIPHAR'S WIFE / Around 1680, Netherlands
Spilberg hailed from Düsseldorf, where he started to study painting under his father, who sent him to Rubens in Antwerp in 1640. But Rubens died that same year, so the young Spilberg continued to Amsterdam. Here he spent seven years studying under Rembrandt's only direct student, Govaert Flinck -- and hence Spilberg is considered a "second generation" student of Rembrandt. After completing his studies, he returned to Düsseldorf, where he worked as a family portrait painter in the court of Philip William, Elector Palatine. Spilberg created his masterpieces likely while still residing in Amsterdam. Large canvases were artistically more interesting, depicting mythological scenes with opulent figural compositions, in which he used bold color and focused on details. Today Spilberg's works are represented in leading galleries around the world. The painting tells the Biblical story of the rejected wife of Potiphar, the pharaoh’s administrator, who entrusted his slave Joseph with overseeing his home. The scene is very lively, with the figures in dynamic, S-shaped movement. The entire atmosphere is rounded out with contrasts between light and shadow, but also the details of individual items in the room. The painter's Dutch training is especially evident in the woman's face. Oil on wood panel. (65 x 54 cm)
Spilberg hailed from Düsseldorf, where he started to study painting under his father, who sent him to Rubens in Antwerp in 1640. But Rubens died that same year, so the young Spilberg continued to Amsterdam. Here he spent seven years studying under Rembrandt's only direct student, Govaert Flinck -- and hence Spilberg is considered a "second generation" student of Rembrandt. After completing his studies, he returned to Düsseldorf, where he worked as a family portrait painter in the court of Philip William, Elector Palatine. Spilberg created his masterpieces likely while still residing in Amsterdam. Large canvases were artistically more interesting, depicting mythological scenes with opulent figural compositions, in which he used bold color and focused on details. Today Spilberg's works are represented in leading galleries around the world. The painting tells the Biblical story of the rejected wife of Potiphar, the pharaoh’s administrator, who entrusted his slave Joseph with overseeing his home. The scene is very lively, with the figures in dynamic, S-shaped movement. The entire atmosphere is rounded out with contrasts between light and shadow, but also the details of individual items in the room. The painter's Dutch training is especially evident in the woman's face. Oil on wood panel. (65 x 54 cm)
GARDEN AUCTION 2017
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ARTHOUSE HEJTMANEK
Gallery & Auction House, Ltd.
Goetheho 17/2
Prague 6
160 00
Czech Republic
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WHERE
ARTHOUSE HEJTMÁNEK
Gallery and Auction house Ltd.
Goetheho 17/ 2
160 00 Prague 6
Czech Republic
WHEN
Preauction Exhibition: 15. – 31. 5. 2017 / 10.00 – 18.00
Auction: 1. 6. 2017: entry from 3 pm, start at 4 pm
REGISTRATION
You can register by filling out the registration form:
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WHAT TO LOOK FORWARD TO
We cordially invite all art lovers to our special Garden Auction held regularly each year at our gallery, Arthouse Hejtmánek in Prague–Bubeneč. The auction will be held in the garden adjacent to the gallery on Thursday, June 1, 2017 from 4 pm.
We will auction extraordinary works of art, antiques and design from the 15th century to the present.
The most expensive item to be auctioned is a painting by Oskar Kokoschka: "Prague, View of Petřín from the Studio" with its starting price of 35 000 000 CZK. The oldest work of art will be "A Gothic Madonna" from second half of the 15th century. Timeless design will then represent "A group of Biedermeier chairs" and rarity will be extraordinary "Christian Dior Vase and Candlestick". The author of the longest distance is the Mexican glassmaker Rebeca Huerta and her Bird Tlaloc.
There will be certainly available many other surprising items that will touch and excite any collector.
