A. ( Van der Neer) dit NERANUS (vers 1639-1642)

A. (Van der Neer) known as NERANUS (c. 1639-1642) Oil on panel representing a crowd pressing in front of the stake. Despite research by the Turquin firm, it was not possible to identify the scene represented with precision, but as Mr. Fred Meijer kindly suggested to them, it is probably the torture of a heretic, a more contemporary than historical scene. Many such scenes were drawn, and engraved, by Jan Luyken (1649-1712): Anneken HENDRIKS tied to a ladder and burned in Amsterdam, Bellinde de Corzora at the stake, Polycarp burnt, stake by Arnoldus? So many subjects treated by the artist who, after having been tempted by orders towards age twenty-year-old turns to moralizing subjects. Signed and dated lower right. Dimensions: 47 x 64 cm. Old restorations. Experts and Fact Sheet: Cabinet Turquin Paris