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Home > Auction >  Fine Art >  Lot.2074 Jan MijtensThe Crowning of MirtilloOil on canvas (relined). 155 x 170 cm.ProvenanceThe Dingley

LOT 2074 Jan MijtensThe Crowning of MirtilloOil on canvas (relined). 155 x 170 cm.ProvenanceThe Dingley

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Jan Mijtens The Crowning of Mirtillo Oil on canvas (relined). 155 x 170 cm. Provenance The Dingley collection (?). - Goldschmidt gallery. - Dr. Wallenstein, Berlin (1931). - Collection of H. Behner, Berlin 1943. - Sotheby's London, 04.04.1984, lot 176. - Belgian private collection. Exhibitions Utrecht 1993, p. 233/234, p. 310, illus. 44.2. Literature McNeill Kettering, The Dutch Arcadia: Pastoral Art and its Audience in the Golden Age, 1983, p. 116, 165, note 34 and 194, illus. 176. - A. Peter, Überlegungen zur holländischen Bildnis- und Genremalerei am Ende ihres Goldenen Zeitalters, Dissertation Justus-Liebig Universität, Gießen. - A. N. Bauer, Jan Mijtens (1613/14 . 1670. Leben und Werk, 2006. p. 81/82, 279/280 and 430, no. A156, illus. 156, pl. XXXV. This piece by Jan Mijtens is one of his largest known works, and one of the rarest motifs by this artist. It reflects the spirit of a movement which began in Italy in the late 16th century but had its roots in the poetry of antiquity. Authors such as Horace and Vergil were the first to introduce bucolic motifs into literature. The pastoral genre is an idealisation of nature and life in the countryside as a source of happiness, peace, and harmony in the mythical Arcadia. The most important expression of this genre in the 16th century was the villa architecture of the Veneto and its decorative fresco cycles, but there were also numerous other works of literature and the pictorial arts. Giovanni Battista Guarini's play “Il Pastor Fido” was first performed in Venice in 1590 but it was subsequently published in numerous later editions and even translated into Dutch. Before Mijten's version, the story of Amarillys and Mirtillo had already been depicted in large format compositions by artists such as Anthony van Dyck, Abraham Bloemaert and Ferdinand Bol. They usually chose the scene of the crowning of Mirtillo dressed as a woman. He was the winner of a kissing game which began the love story between Amaryllis and Mirtillo which the work describes. A. N. Bauer (op. cit) dates the present work to the 1660s. It was created at the zenith of Mijtens' artistic career at a time when he was one of the most sought-after and productive artists in The Hague. Mijtens only painted three pastorals. In terms of composition, they are all closely related to his family portraits, in which - like the present work - he also places his groups of figures on either side of a central pathway through the landscape that leads the viewer's gaze into the distance. Jan Mijtens Die Bekränzung des Mirtillo Öl auf Leinwand (doubliert). 155 x 170 cm. Provenienz Sammlung Dingley (?). - Galerie Goldschmidt. - Dr. Wallenstein, Berlin 1931. - Sammlung H. Behner, Berlin 1943. - Sotheby´s London 04.04.1984, Lot 176. - Belgische Privatsammlung. Ausstellungen Utrecht 1993, S. 233/234, S. 310, Abb 44.2. Literatur McNeill Kettering: The Dutch Arcadia: Pastoral Art and its Audience in the Golden Age, 1983, S. 116, 165, Anm. 34 und 194, Abb. 176. - A. Peter: Überlegungen zur holländischen Bildnis- und Genremalerei am Ende ihres Goldenen Zeitalters, Dissertation Justus-Liebig Universität, Gießen. - A. N. Bauer: Jan Mijtens (1613/14-1670). Leben und Werk, Petersberg 2006, S. 81/82, 279/280 und 430, Nr. A156, Abb. 156, Farbtafel XXXV. Jan Mijtens hier präsentiertes Gemälde ist eines der größten und thematisch sehr seltenen Werke des Malers. Es reflektiert den Geist einer Epoche, die ihren Anfang in Italien im späten 16. Jahrhundert hatte, deren Ursprung aber zurückgeht bis zu Dichtern der Antike wie Horaz oder Vergil, die das Thema der sogenannten Pastorale in der Literatur einführten. Die Pastorale ist eine Idealisierung des Land- und Naturlebens als Quelle des Glücks, des Friedens und Harmonie im mythischen Arkadien. Wichtigster Ausdruck als Zeitgeist im 16. Jahrhundert ist wohl die Villenarchitektur des Veneto mit ihren dekorativen Freskenzyklen sowie eine Reihe literarischer und bildnerischer Werke. 1590 erschien in Venedig das Theaterstück „Il pastor fido“ von Giovanni Battista Guarini, das seit 1618 in mehreren Auflagen auch in niederländischer Sprache vorlag. Die hier geschilderte Geschichte von Amarillys und Mirtillo hatte vor Mijtens u. a. auch schon van Dyck, Abraham Bloemaert oder Ferdinand Bol zu großformatigen Kompositionen inspiriert. Gewählt wurde dabei meistens die Krönungsszene des als Frau gekleideten Mirtillo. Er ist der Sieger eines Kusswettbewerbs, der wiederum Ausgangspunkt für die anschließend geschilderte Liebesgeschichte von Amaryllis und Mirtillo ist. Das vorliegende Gemälde wird von A. N. Bauer (op. cit.) in die 1660er Jahre datiert. Es entstand also auf dem Höhepunkt der künstlerischen Karriere von Mijtens, der zu diesem Zeitpunkt einer der gefragtesten und produktivsten Haager Künstler war. Insgesamt hat Mijtens nur drei pastorale Szenen gemalt. Sie sind kompositorisch vor allem mit seinen schönen Familienbildnissen in Verbindung zu bringen, in denen, wie hier, ein mittlerer Landschaftskorridor die Figurengruppen teilt und das Auge des Betrachters in die Bildtiefe führt.

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