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HENDRICK VAN CLEVE III (ANVERS 1525-1589)

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15.06.2023 15:00UTC +02:00
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ID 974631
Lot 18 | HENDRICK VAN CLEVE III (ANVERS 1525-1589)
HENDRICK VAN CLEVE III (ANVERS 1525-1589)

Le roi Nimrod devant la tour de Babel

huile sur panneau, sans cadre

36,5 x 58,5 cm. (14 3/8 x 23 1/8 in.)





Provenance

Vente anonyme, hôtel Drouot, Paris, (Mes Leclere & Martin-Orts), 21 septembre 2015, lot 3 (comme 'attribué à Hendrick van Cleve III').



Post lot text

HENDRICK VAN CLEVE III, KING NIMROD BEFORE THE TOWER OF BABEL, OIL ON PANEL, UNFRAMED

According to Jewish tradition, the Tower of Babel was built at the command of King Nimrod, the biblical ruler who founded several cities in Mesopotamia. By building this tower, the "hunter-king" hoped to be able to reach heaven. This famous construction, the story of which is told in the Book of Genesis (Gn 11:1-9), had a great intellectual impact, inspiring many thinkers working on ideas of human pride, the origin of the diversity of languages and the totalisation of knowledge.

This work can be compared with another of a similar composition by van Cleve III that was offered at Sotheby's in London on 22 April 2004, though in this second version the staffage is marginally different, and King Nimrod’s position has changed.

The painter, draughtsman and printmaker Hendrick van Cleve III was a pupil of his father Willem van Cleve the Elder (d. c. 1543/1546) and of Frans Floris (1519-1570); according to Karel van Mander, he also collaborated with the latter on several occasions (K. van Mander, Het schilder-boeck, Haarlem, 1604, fol. 230v).
Artist:Hendrick van Cleve III (1525 - 1590)
Applied technique:Oil on panel
Art style:Old Masters
Place of origin:Belgium, Western Europe, Europe
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