Pieter Nason (Amsterdam c. 1612-c. 1689 The Hague)
Pieter Nason (Amsterdam c. 1612-c. 1689 The Hague)

A lobster on a silver dish, an ornamental gold cup and cover, peaches, grapes and plums in a porcelain bowl, cherries and oranges on a silver tazza, a partly peeled lemon and a roemer on a partly draped ledge

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Pieter Nason (Amsterdam c. 1612-c. 1689 The Hague)
A lobster on a silver dish, an ornamental gold cup and cover, peaches, grapes and plums in a porcelain bowl, cherries and oranges on a silver tazza, a partly peeled lemon and a roemer on a partly draped ledge
signed and dated 'P. Nason. f/1679 (?)' ( P. N linked, lower right)
oil on canvas
37 x 31 in. (95.8 x 80 cm.)
Provenance
Anon. sale, Galerie Charpentier, Paris, 25 June 1957, lot 66.
Literature
Bulletin du Muse National de Varsovie, XIX, 1970, p. 17, nos. 1-2.
E. Gemar-Koeltzch, Hollndische Stillebenmaler im 17. Jahrhundert, Lingen, 1995, III, p. 731, no. 230/3, as dated 1677.

Lot Essay

Although primarly known as a portraitist, a few still lifes by Nason, painted in the style of Abraham van Beyeren, are known, for example in the Gemldegalerie, Berlin and the Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen.

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