Offered by Galerie Eric Beaumont
Flemish and French paintings from the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries.
Peter Bout
Born December 5, 1658 in Brussels - January 28, 1719 in Brussels
And Adrian Frans Boudewyns (1644-1719)
“Stop of a team near a church in a village”
Oil on panel, 27 cm x 35 cm
Signed BAV(…) lower left, red wax stamp on the back
Flemish style frame, tortoiseshell imitation
Painters of figures, landscapes.
Peeter Bout was admitted as master of the Brussels guild of Saint-Luc in 1671. He worked between 1675 and 1677 in Paris, in collaboration with Adriaen Frans Boudewyns. He returned to Brussels and married on August 9, 1695. He painted with Lucas Achtschellinck and Jacques d'Arthois.
Collaborations between Boudewyns and Charles Emmanuel Biset, Pointié Dupont, his pupil Matthys Schoevaerdts and most frequently with Peeter Bout are known. Peeter Bout showed a preference for introducing characters into his paintings.