The Children Of Bacchus - Flemish School - 18th Century

TheChildren of Bacchus - Flemish school, 18th century
Couple of grape-pickers holding a basketbasket of grapes

Beautiful oil on canvascanvas marouflaged on panel depicting a pair of grape-pickers in the tradition of theFlemish school. The man, dressed in a loose-fitting white shirt and green bonnet, is holdingan abundant basket of white grapes adorned with vine leaves. Beside himis a woman wearing a wide-brimmed straw hat adorned with a rose,wearing a white puffed collar and dark dress, poses naturally.The composition,the treatment of skin tones and the Bacchic iconography directly evokeFlemish genre scenes, in the tradition of Jordaens and his followers.The dark background contrasting with the light of the figures reinforces this stylistic connection.stylistic connection.

Oil oncanvas on woodpanel(old marouflage, solid and stable)
75 x 55 cm
Period : 18th century(circa 1700-1780)
Flemish school
We also note the presence of old repaints and restorationsrestorations, notably in the background and on certain areas of the figures.of the figures.
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