Jan Miel (Anversa, 1599 - Torino, 1663)

Jan Miel (Antwerp, 1599 - Turin, 1663) attributable The Return from the Hunt Oil on canvas (51 x 66 cm - Framed 74 x 89 cm) Complete details (link) The work, both in terms of the scene's cut and the composition's layout, fully falls within the most typical production of the Flemish painter Jan Miel (Antwerp, 1599 - Turin, 1663), a master of the bambocciata genre who, inspired by the genre's founder, Pieter Van Laer, known as Bamboccio, painted popular and picturesque scenes and spread the fashion of describing the daily life of the Eternal City. A characteristic of this current of painters was precisely portraying popular scenes of common life in papal Rome, rejecting the official canons and subjects of the time, as we can clearly observe from our canvas: on the bank of a river in an Italian landscape, two men have just returned from the hunt and are arranging the prey on the ground, including various birds with a duck, a snipe, and a hunted rabbit. A small black and white dog barks at the killed birds. On the right, there is a kneeling woman, with a red dress and a white apron, who lets fly two pigeons that she had in the covered basket in front of her, cheering up the little boy sitting next to her with his hands outstretched in the air in a sign of surprise. A tasteful and lively attention to realistic detail is always present in his canvases. The canvas allows us to appreciate the care with which the artist describes the various protagonists, their gestures and clothing, the attention that indicates a vision and study from real life of daily life, read and interpreted without literary filters but with marked naturalism, sincere and passionate. 'The Return from the Hunt', the subject of study here, is certainly an idea of the painter, an analogous version of which, but slightly larger than ours, appeared on the antique market (Hampel, Munich, 25.3.2021, URL: https://www.hampel-auctions.com/a/archive-catalogue-detail.html?la=it&a=126&s=741&id=564.... We can also identify typical characteristics of the master, which we find in other works with a similar subject, such as the stone arch covered with uncultivated grass (https://www.museodelprado.es/coleccion/obra-de-arte/el-barbero-del-lugar/19b29c46-4b06-4122-9655-377b73f65bd5) or the typical dog that barks in the foreground to the bystanders (https://research.rkd.nl/en/detail/https%3A%2f%2fdata.rkd.nl%2fimages%2f195412) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: The work is completed by a pleasant golden frame and is sold accompanied by a certificate of authenticity and guarantee. We handle and organize the transport of purchased works, both for Italy and abroad, through professional and insured carriers. It is also possible to see the painting in the gallery in Riva del Garda, we will be happy to welcome you to show you our collection of works. Contact us, without obligation, for any additional information. Follow us also on: INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/galleriacastelbarco/?hl=it FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/galleriacastelbarco/