EDWAERT COLLIER (Breda c. 1640-c. 1710 Leiden)

Vanitas still lifewith an astrological globe, a violin, a skull, an hourglass, an open book, a score, a watch, a lute and other musical instruments on a draped table

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EDWAERT COLLIER (Breda c. 1640-c. 1710 Leiden)
Vanitas still lifewith an astrological globe, a violin, a skull, an hourglass, an open book, a score, a watch, a lute and other musical instruments on a draped table
signed and indistinctly dated (see Catalogue for details)'E.Colijer: fe: 168?' (centre left) and inscribed 'MEMENTO MORI' (on a piece of paper under the skull), 'Belchrnbinghe der STADT ROOMEN' (as the title of an open book) and 'MUSICA LETITIAE COMES MEDICINA DOLORUM' (on a scroll on the table)
oil on panel
16 x 20.5/8 in. ( 41.3 x 52.4 cm.)

Provenance

Anon. sale, Ruef, Munich, 17-20 November 1971, lot 2901/1, as dated 1683.
Anon. sale, Lempertz, Cologne, 23-25 November 1978, lot 44.
with J. Hoogsteder, The Hague, as dated 1690.

Lot Essay

We are grateful to Mr. Fred Meijer for confirming the attribution after examining the picture in person (letter 31 May 1999). He dates the picture to the 1660s or early 1670s. The style and the palette of this picture can be compared with that of a similar, slightly smaller one sold at Sotheby's, London, 29 October 1998, lot 86 (17,250).

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