1630-35
Oil on panel, 58 x 80 cm
Szépművészeti Múzeum, Budapest
Initially Jan van den Hoecke painted in a style associated with that of Rubens's later work; he had in fact worked with him in the 1630s. His earliest work consists mainly of biblical pictures. Particularly worthy of mention are his oil sketches for Old Testament scenes probably intended as an integrated series. The present oil sketch belongs to this series.
