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520 - Portrait of the Captain General, Hispano-Flemish school, 17t…
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Estimate €5,500 - €15,000
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Portrait of the Captain General, Hispano-Flemish school, 17th century, circle of Cornelis Schut III the Younger (Antwerp, 1629 – Seville, 1685) Oil on canvas, framed dimensions: 120 x 105 cm. Canvas dimensions: 106 x 81 cm. The son of a Flemish military engineer based in Seville, in 1653 he married a sister-in-law of the sculptor José de Arce, who acted as his guarantor in the painter’s examination certificate, approved on 8 January 1654 by Sebastián de Llanos y Valdés and Francisco Terrón. Just one year later, he took on the first of a long line of apprentices, most of whom were to be trained in the gilding and polychrome painting of Baroque altarpieces—a task which he himself must have carried out whilst working for his brother-in-law. As early as 1660, he was counted amongst the founders of the Academy established by the Sevillian painters in the Lonja building, holding the post of prosecutor. In 1666 he was elected consul of the institution and in 1670 president, a position to which he was re-elected four years later. According to Ceán Bermúdez, he was one of those who contributed most generously to its support, often paying the model’s salary out of his own pocket and offering prizes to the apprentices. On 18 September 1685, following a long illness, he dictated his will, solemnly declaring himself to be poor. Cornelis Shut III worked in various genres, including still life, and his main patrons were private clients and, in some cases, merchants; this explains the widespread distribution of his work, with copies preserved in Elorrio (Vizcaya) and Álava (the Immaculate Conception in the parish church of Antoñana). This would also explain why, according to Ceán Bermúdez, in his day there were many works preserved in Seville in the possession of private individuals, whilst only one public work was known: an Immaculate Conception, already cited by Palomino, set within an altarpiece at the Puerta de Carmona. Like so many other Spanish painters, Schut must have addressed this matter on numerous ...
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About the sale GRAND JULY AUCTION – FINE ART, OLD MASTERS AND JEWELLERY
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Auction time 07/15/2026 at 3:00 PM
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