Ecole flamande ou italienne du XVIIe siècle - La présentation au temple

Flemish or Italian school of the 17th century Circle of Denys CALVAERT Oil on canvas 40 x 29.5 cm (52 ​​x 43 cm with frame) Old label on the back ("N°9") Beautiful 19th century frame in carved and gilded wood Our painting seems both close to Venetian painting from the end of the 16th century in the range of colors and close to Flemish painting in the canon of the characters and the characteristic composition, both collected and balanced. One thinks of the Flemish artists who traveled to Northern Italy at the end of the 16th century and the beginning of the 17th century. A Presentation in the Temple by Denys Calvaert very close to our painting went up for auction at Sotheby's in 1992. But an attribution is difficult because Denys Calvaert founded a famous school in Bologna from which many painters came out, including Guido Réni, the Albane, Guercino and Dominiquin.