A vanitas still life

Details

Gerrit van Vucht (1610-1697, active Scheidam)
A vanitas still life
oil on panel
11 x 17 in. (29.8 x 44.5 cm.)

Provenance

Sir Henry Thompson.
Frank Ward.

Exhibited

London, Royal Academy, Winter Exhibition of Works of the Old Masters, 1843, no. 68 as 'Isaac van Ostade'.

Lot Essay

Still lifes by the artist are rare. Another kitchen interior is in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Inv. No. A 296. For a discussion of Olis's still lifes see Bergstrm, Jan Olis as a Still Life Painter, Oud Holland, 66, 1951, S. 56 ff.

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