Live Auction 11974Old Master and British Paintings Day Sale
Jan Antoon Garemyn (Bruges 1712-1799)
Lot 156 PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE COLLECTION

Jan Antoon Garemyn (Bruges 1712-1799)

A continental town square with street vendors by a fountain and boys leading mules with flower baskets

Closed8 July 2016

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GBP 25,000

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Jan Antoon Garemyn (Bruges 1712-1799)
A continental town square with street vendors by a fountain and boys leading mules with flower baskets
oil on canvas
95 1/8 x 97 5/8 in. (241.4 x 247.4 cm.)
inscribed 'E[?]L: B: P.' (lower centre, on the fountain)

Anonymous sale; Sotheby’s, London, 3 July 1997, lot 48 (£32,200), when acquired by the present owner.

Specialist note

Jan Antoon Garemyn was greatly influenced by Jacob Beemaert and the works of Antoine Watteau and François Boucher, whose works he encountered when he studied at the Bruges Académie. Garemyn was particularly well-known for his picturesque views of everyday life and was patronised by various levels of society, including the clergy, the nobility, and the middle class, who admired the warmth of his colour palette and the harmony of his compositions.