Sebastiaen Vrancx (1573 - 1647), Attack On Travelers

Sébastien Vrancx
Flemish painter
Antwerp 1573 – 1647 Antwerp
Attack on travelers
Oil on copper : 22,5 X 27,3 cm
Unsigned
Circa 1608
Frame : 31,2 X 36,3 cm

I would like to thank Joost Vander Auwera who has proposed the attribution to the former owner January 2023

Sebastiaen Vrancx was one of Flanders’ most important painters of military scenes during the Eighty Years’ War.

Our painting represents marauders attacking a carriage with four Flemish travellers. Their goods and jewellery are stolen, both husbands will be kidnapped, in exchange for a ransom. Vrancx painted it close to the end of the first half of that War, just before the start in 1609 of the Twelve Years’ Truce.

All my paintings stand fully documented on my website:
https://www.jeanmoust.com/categories/battle-scenes-and-military-subjects/vrancx-sebastiaen-2023/attack-on-travellers-4253905