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Allegory of Vanity early XVIIth century

Workshop of Abraham Janssen(1573-1632)

"Allegory of Vanity"
Workshop of Abraham Janssen (Antwerp 1573-1632)
Oil painting on canvas
Golden and lacquered box frame.
Canvas 98 x 120 frame 116 x 140
Very good condition

Splendid Flemish canvas depicting a sumptuously dressed and jeweled woman intent on looking at herself in the mirror with an attitude of ostentatious vanity. The painting, of great chiaroscuro and chromatic effect, is part of the vast repertoire of Abraham Janssen and highlights all the stylistic characteristics of this great master.
It was in fact reproduced, always maintaining the same setting, by his renowned workshop.
Our work is certainly of excellent hand and constitutes a valid example of his painting.

Abraham Janssens, also called Abraham Janssens Van Nuyssen, (born circa 1573, Antwerp and died January 25, 1632 in Antwerp), a Flemish painter, was the leading exponent of the Classical Baroque style in Flanders in the early 17th century.
 His stylistic development of him indicates that he was in Rome between 1598 and 1601 and probably revisited the city between 1602 and 1610. His early paintings are characteristic of the Nordic Mannerist tradition.
 Around 1610 he was influenced by Caravaggio's dramatic lighting and vigorous modeling with the violent chiaroscuro of the Roman Baroque. His mature style, however, was largely shaped by the classicist styles of the Bolognese school (Carracci and Domenichino).
 After 1625 he fell under Rubens' spell like most of the artists in Flanders of the time, and his technique became looser and his compositions more animated with a triumph of light and color.
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