Daniel Seghers (1590 - 1661) and Cornelis Schut (1597 - 1655)

CHERUBINS CARRY THE PICTURE WITH MARY AND THE CHILD JESUS
Oil on canvas. Doubled.
127 x 104 cm.

Seghers' colorful and detailed floral decorations make this painting special. The movement of the angels lends the work a new dynamic. Four angels carry the Madonna painting, which is adorned with flower festoons and framed in an oval, carved frame. Seghers is considered an important representative of Antwerp flower painting and painted this picture together with the figure painter Cornelius Schut. The precise and detailed realism of Seghers' depictions of flowers and plants, which captivates through the bold use of bright colors, stands in contrast to Schut's free, Rubenesque figuration, which is characterized by a delicate colour palette and airy brushwork.

Provenance:
Collection Willem de Blasere, Lord of Hellebus, Ghent c. 1635, and mentioned in Segher's inventory under no. 135;
Galerie Marcus, Paris, 1970-74;
Belgian private collection.

Literature:
W. Couvreur, Daniel Seghers inventaris va door hem geschilderde bloemstukken, in: Gentse bijdragen tot de kunstgeschiedenis, vol. XX, 1967, p. 112, no. 135.
M. L. Hairs, Pour un tricentenaire, D. Seghers, in: Revue Belge d'archéologie et d'histoire de l'art, Liège 1960.
M. L. Hairs, The Flemish flower painters in the 17th century, Brussels 1985, pp. 125-130, no. 33.
G. Wilmers, Cornelis Schut (1597-1655): A Flemish Painter of the High Baroque, Belgium 1996, pp. 172-73, no. A108, illus. on p. 413. (14109511) (19)



Daniel Seghers (1590 - 1661) and
Cornelis Schut (1597 - 1655)

CHERUBINES CARRYING THE IMAGE OF THE VIRGIN AND CHRIST CHILD

Oil on canvas. Relined.
127 x 104 cm.

Provenance:
Collection of Willem de Blasere, Herr von Hellebus, Ghent, ca. 1635, and listed in Seghers inventory under no. 135.
Galerie Marcus, Paris 1970-74.
Private collection, Belgium.

Literature:
W. Couvreur, "Daniel Seghers" inventaris van door hem geschilderde bloemstukken", in: Gentse Bijdragen tot de kunstgeschiedenis en de oudheidkunde, vol. XX, 1967, p. 112, no. 135.
Marie-Louise Hairs, Pour un tricentenaire, D. Seghers, in: Revue Belge d'archéologie et d'histoire de l'art, Liège 1960.
Marie-Louise Hairs, The Flemish flower painters in the 17th century, Brussels 1985, pp. 125-130, no. 33.
Gertrude Wilmers, Cornelis Schut (1597-1655): A Flemish painter of the High Baroque, Belgium 1996, pp. 172-73, no. A108, ill. on p. 413.