Kitchen Scene With Figures And Vegetables By Jan Baptist Lambrechts (1680-1731) - 26.5 X 22.3 Cm

Beautiful Flemish genre scene depicting a kitchen interior animated by several figures, attributed to Jan Baptist Lambrechts.

Kitchen scene with figures and an abundance of vegetables

Oil on panel - Flemish school, early 18th century

The composition is organized around a seated figure in the foreground, slightly slouched in his chair, holding a jug, whose expressive attitude brings a touch of vivacity and humor to the scene. In the background, a woman presents a basket of potatoes to a man, while another figure can be made out in the half-light.

The ensemble is enriched by an abundance of still life: cabbages, vegetables and kitchen utensils arranged on a table and on the floor, treated with a keen sense of material and volume. The play of chiaroscuro, characteristic of Flemish painting, highlights the figures and objects, creating a warm, intimate atmosphere.

This work is part of the tradition of Flemish kitchen scenes of the early 18th century, in the entourage of Jan Baptist Lambrechts, from whom it takes on several characteristics:

• Lively compositions mixing folk figures and still life
• Expressive treatment of faces
• Warm, contrasting palette
• Atention to textures (textiles, vegetables, metal)

Famous for her fine brushwork and remarkably detailedremarkably detailed compositions, as well as his rendering of delicate fabrics,^,the works of Jan-Baptiste Lambrechts can be found at thethe Uffizi Gallery in Florence, the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburgin St. Petersburg, the Museum of Fine Arts in Ghent, the NationalMusée des Beaux-Arts de Carcassonne,etc.

This painting has a counterpart and can be painting has a counterpart and can be sold as a pair for €5,000.note that the same pair can be found in the Sothebys sale catalogSothebys sale of June 22, 1991 in Monaco (reproduced on page 141), sold for88,800 fr (€13,538) - photo on request -

Beautiful 19th-century gilded channel frame