Adam van Noort, 1562 – 1641, zugeschrieben Lot n° 496

The condemnation of a believing Christian Oil on copper. 84 x 103 cm. In magnificent frame with floral decoration. In wide landscape, with gray clouds and the last yellow-reddish streaks of the setting sun the entrance of a palace lined with columns, in front of which stands on a pedestal a Roman priest with a long white-gray coat, gray beard and a laurel wreath. In front of him is a half-kneeling man with his torso exposed, whom he looks at and points with outstretched arms to a standing sculpture of a pagan god. He tries for the last time to dissuade the kneeling man from the Christian faith in order to convert to the standing deity. The kneeling man is already held by the head by another muscular man, who also holds in his downward hand the hilt of an invisible sword, in order to behead him immediately. In the background several figures, which follow full attention the happening, while right in the foreground a sitting woman with infant already dries the tears with a cloth. From the sky a ray of light falls down on the martyr, moreover, an angel with a laurel wreath is visible in the light. Particularly striking also the two riding figures on magnificent, partly shiny horses, one of them a soldier in armor, with red cloak overlay in back view. Fine, quality painting by the artist. Partly frame damage. Note: Adam van Noort was admitted to the Guild of St. Luke in 1587 and had extremely famous pupils with Peter Paul Rubens, Hendrik van Balen and Frans Fanken the Younger. Rubens even attested to him that he would have surpassed his contemporaries had he traveled to Italy for training purposes. (1340358) (18) Adam van Noort, 1562 - 1641, attributed THE SENTENCING OF A DEVOUT CHRISTIAN Oil on copper. 84 x 103 cm. Notes: Adam van Noort was accepted into the Guild of Saint Luke in 1587 and, among his students were famous artists such as Peter Paul Rubens, Hendrik van Balen and Frans Francken the Younger. Rubens said about him that he would have surpassed his contemporaries had he traveled to Italy for training purposes.