'VANITAS, VANITATEM ET OMNIA VANITAS' - photo 1
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'VANITAS, VANITATEM ET OMNIA VANITAS' - photo 1

'VANITAS, VANITATEM ET OMNIA VANITAS'

Lot 2177
14.09.2019 11:00UTC +01:00
Classic
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€ 3 000
AuctioneerHargesheimer Kunstauktionen Düsseldorf
Event locationGermany, Düsseldorf
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Lot 2177 | 'VANITAS, VANITATEM ET OMNIA VANITAS'
Estimate value
€ 3 000 – 6 000
PIETER VAN DER WILLIGEN (ZUGESCHRIEBEN) 1635 Halsteren (Bergen op Zoom) - 1694 Antwerpen 'VANITAS, VANITATEM ET OMNIA VANITAS' Oil on canvas (relined). 48.5 cm x 49 cm, (F. 76.5 cm x 77 cm). Lower right inscribed and dated 'Paulus von Paetz, invenit et pinxit, Anno 1655'. Verso: On the canvas inscribed 'Peter van der Willingen, geb. 1607'. Part. lightly restored, min. outbreaks of paint. Frame. The flemish artist Pieter van der Willigen was a painter of the 17th century (Baroque period), who focussed on the theme of Vanitas still life. Van der Willigen was born around 1633 in Halsteren (Bergen op Zoom) and worked in Antwerpen as well as his contemporaries Hendrick Andriessen and David Bailley. From 1655 to 1669 van der Willigen was membership of the painter-gild 'St. Lukas' and became citizen of the belgian city Antwerpen. Scientific research often connects him with the artist Hendrick Andriessen. It is supposed that after Andriessen's death van der Willigen took over his studio. Vanitas-Bildtypus war in der Epoche des Barock ein beliebtes Motiv und thematisiert die Still life painting in baroque era focused on the main theme 'Vanitas' which points out the vanity of life. Van der Willigen's paintings are characterized by issues as skulls, hourglasses, candles as well as valuable items like purses and chalices which create an harmonic and recently tensionfulled atmosphere.The significant feature of this still life is a central positioned banner in between a skull and a chalice with the latin inscription 'Vanitas, vanitatem et omnia vanitas' ('Vanity, for vanity and all is vanity'). It conveys the central and most important message of the Vanitas theme concerning the unimportance of superficial life and material values emphasizing the vanity of life. Provenance: Rhenish private collection. Provenienz: Rheinische Privatsammlung. PIETER VAN DER WILLIGEN (ZUGESCHRIEBEN) 1635 Halsteren (Bergen op Zoom) - 1694 Antwerpen 'VANITAS, VANITATEM ET OMNIA VANITAS' Öl auf Leinwand. 48,5 cm x 49 cm, (R. 76,5 cm x 77 cm). Rechts unten bezeichnet sowie dat. 'Paulus von Paetz, invenit et pinxit, Anno 1655'. Verso: Bezeichnung 'Peter van der Willingen, geb. 1607'. Part. min. restauriert, min. Farbausbrüche in den Randbereichen. Rahmen. Der flämische Künstler Pieter van der Willigen war ein Barock-Maler des 17. Jahrhunders, der sich auf die Darstellung von Vanitas-Stillleben konzentrierte. Willigen wurde um 1633 in Halsteren (Bergen op Zoom) geboren und war als Künstler und Zeitgenosse Hendrick Andriessens sowie David Bailleys in Antwerpen tätig. In der Zeit von 1655 - 1669 war er Mitglied der Malergilde von St. Lukas und erhielt im Jahre 1661 das Bürgerrecht der Stadt Antwerpen. Van der Willigen wird oftmals mit Hendrick Andriessen in Verbindung gesetzt, da angenommen wird, er habe dessen Werkstatt nach seinem Tod übernommen. Der Vanitas-Bildtypus war in der Epoche des Barock ein beliebtes Motiv und thematisiert die Vergänglichkeit des Lebens. Van der Willigens Werke zeichnen sich durch die Verwendung von Totenschädeln, Stundengläsern, Kerzen sowie Wertgegenständen wie Geldbeuteln und Kelchen aus, die zu ausgewogenen bisweilen auch spannungsgeladenen Kompositionen zusammengestellt sind. Die Besonderheit des vorliegenden Werkes bildet das ins Zentrum positionierte Band mit dem lateinischen Schriftzug 'Vanitas vanitatem et omnia vanitas' ('Eitelkeit, der Eitelkeit, alles ist Eitelkeit'), welches über einem Stundenglas zwischen Totenschädel und Kelch hervorragt. Es übermittelt die wichtigste Botschaft der Vanitasthematik, die an die Nichtigkeit von irdischem Vergnügen und materiellen Werten erinnert und die Vergänglichkeit des Lebens hervorhebt. Provenienz: Rheinische Privatsammlung.
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