Circle of Adam Eck (Eger, fl. 17th century), a sculpted softwood bas-relief of a garden feast, mid-17th century, with a seated party in an elaborate architectural setting carved with a fountain, colonnades and balustrades before a hilly background, presented in a moulded and ebonised frame, 39 x 44cm overall The present relief with its closely carved, very low relief and attention to architectural detail recalls known works produced by the Bohemian cabinetmaker Adam Eck and his workshop during the middle and third quarter of the 17th century. While Eck and his studio were best known for their marquetry or intarsia of different woods, panels in single wood species attributed to him also known. Note for example the panels adorning a casket attributed to Eck at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (acc. no. 2009.470). The games box offered at Christie's London, 7 July 2016 (the Exceptional Sale) also featured a panel with an articulated architectural portico in the foreground, like the present lot. It is possible that the subject matter represented here is the banquet of the 'rich man' from the Lazarus parable. This parable is known to have been rendered as a garden feast by several artists working during the 17th century, including the Dutch engraver Jacob Matham, who rendered the subject in around 1606 (See Boijmans van Beuningen Museum, Rotterdam, L 1983/8 (PK)