Sint-Maartensdijk ca. 1590 – Middelburg 1628
A Landscape with Hunters
Oil on copper
H. 13 cm. W. 21 cm.
PROVENANCE
Private collection | France
REFERENCE LITERATURE
Bol, L.J. (1956) ‘Een Middelburgse Breughel-groep, V: Christoffel van den Berghe: bloemen en landschap, recuperatie voor een schilder die zijn oeuvre verloor.’ In: Oud-Holland, 71, pp. 183-196
CATALOGUE NOTE
Christoffel van den Berghe pictures generally bear the monogram ‘CVB’’or ‘CvB’. His identity was unknown until 1956, when Bol was the first to reconstruct his œuvre. Dated paintings are known from 1617 to 1624. In general his landscapes resemble those produced in Antwerp.