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ATTRIBUÉ À JACOB VAN OOST L'ANCIEN (1603-1671)
Emmanuel d'Aranda rendant grâce à la Vierge pour sa libération de l'esclavage des barbaresques
huile sur toile
110,5 x 182,3 cm. (431⁄2 x 713⁄4 in.)
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Vente anonyme, Christie's, Paris, 15 avril 2013, lot 23.Post Lot Text
ATTRIBUTED TO JACOB VAN OOST THE ELDER, EMMANUEL D'ARANDA GIVING THANKS TO THE VIRGIN FOR HIS LIBERATION FROM THE SLAVERY OF THE BARBARIANS, OIL ON CANVAS
This painting is a rare visual record of the adventures of Emmanuel d'Aranda (1602-1686), a Spanish-born man of letters from Bruges, who was captured by Algerian corsairs off the coast of Brittany in 1640 on his way home from Spain.
Freed after almost two years of captivity, he published the account of his incarceration in 1656. Entitled The Narrative of the Capture and the Liberation of sieur Emanuel d'Aranda, previously a Slave in Alger, in which can be found several Characteristics of Africa... this drew a portrait of the city of Algiers and its population, and recounted with precision the difficult conditions of the tasks to which he was forced to perform, as well as his liberation in exchange for Turkish captives. Written in Latin, it was so successful that it was translated into French, English and Dutch and reprinted many times.
In this painting, Emmanuel d'Aranda, whose arms can be seen in the upper left corner of the composition, offers thanks to the Virgin. The shoreline in the background and the irons and tools in the lower left are reminders of Aranda's captivity. While these elements allow us to clearly identify the iconography of this painting, the context of the commission still raises certain questions.
It is highly probable that Emmanuel d'Aranda himself, who returned to Bruges almost immediately after his release, commissioned this work from a local artist. The name of Jacob van Oost the Elder (1603-1671) was suggested by Till-Holger Borchert on the basis of a photographic examination at the time of the 2013 sale.Special notice
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