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Hang Pieter Aertsens «Slagterbod» på Christian IV's Frederiksborg?

1987; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 56; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1080/00233608708604131

1651-2294

Charlotte Christensen,

Historical Influence and Diplomacy

Summary One of Pieter Aertsen's best‐known works, “The Butcher's Shop”, has long been somewhat of a pièce de resistance in the collection of the University of Uppsala. Its pedigree has been traced back to the collection of the Emperor Rudolph II in Prague, from which it is believed to have been looted by Swedes during the Thirty Years’ War. Queen Christina did not take the painting with her to Rome, and there is a long lacuna before we hear of it again, now in the possession of Friedrich Haeffner (1759–1833), composer and conductor, in Uppsala. The author here discusses the possibility of quite a different provenance. Christian IV, King of Denmark, owned a “Butcher's Shop” by Aertsen, which must have been regarded as an exceptional work of art since it was carefully described in 1650 in an inventory of the collection at Frederiksborg Castle. It thus seems possible that this large painting was taken by the Swedes as booty towards the end of the 1650's when they sacked Frederiksborg Castle of its art treasures.