Antwerp 1662 – Rome 1739
A Classical Landscape with Philosophers
Oil on canvas
H. 48 cm. W. 65 cm.
PROVENANCE
With Colnaghi Gallery | London | With lable verso
By whome sold to Mr. W.J.C. Quarell
By desent to Christof von Flotow
By decent to Anja von Flotow
Collection Maryse von Flotow
CATALOGUE NOTE
Jan Frans van Bloemen was a Flemish landscape painter, mainly active in Rome. He started his career between 1681 and 1684 in Antwerp as a pupil, of Anton Gobau. In 1688 he travelled to Rome with his brother Pieter, where he joined the ‘Bentveughels’, the association of Dutch and Flemish artists in Rome. He got the nickname Orrizonte or Horizonti. Van Bloemen married Mattia Rosa Barosini in 1693 in Rome. He was successful and received commissions from prominent patrons such as the Queen of Spain, the Roman nobility and the Pope.