Lot Essay
The present work will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of the artist's work by Dr. Jan Briels.
THE PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE COLLECTOR
Harmen van Steenwyck* (1612-1655)
Details
Harmen van Steenwyck* (1612-1655)
A Vanitas Still Life with a Skull on a Book, an Hour-glass on a Box, a Glass of Wine, Pearls, a Flute and an open Book on a partially draped stone Ledge
signed 'H Steenwÿck'--oil on panel
11 x 12½in. (28 x 31.8cm.)
A Vanitas Still Life with a Skull on a Book, an Hour-glass on a Box, a Glass of Wine, Pearls, a Flute and an open Book on a partially draped stone Ledge
signed 'H Steenwÿck'--oil on panel
11 x 12½in. (28 x 31.8cm.)
Provenance
Private collection, Austria.
Literature
W. Bernt, Die Niederländischen Maler und Zeichner des 17. Jahrhunderts, 1980, III, no. 1197.
H. Bauer, Niederländische Malerei des 17.Jahrhunderts, 1982, p. 109, illustrated.
H. Bauer, Niederländische Malerei des 17.Jahrhunderts, 1982, p. 109, illustrated.