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The Property of
EDITH A. GRAHAM
Attributed to Sébastien Bonnecroy (1618-1676)
Details
Attributed to Sébastien Bonnecroy (1618-1676)
A Vanitas: A Skull, a Violin, an upturned Tazza, Books, Tarot Cards, a Fob Watch, a Clay Pipe, a Taper, and a Pouch of Tobacco on a pewter Plate on a wooden Table draped with a Rug
oil on canvas
33 x 29½in. (83.7 x 75cm.)
A Vanitas: A Skull, a Violin, an upturned Tazza, Books, Tarot Cards, a Fob Watch, a Clay Pipe, a Taper, and a Pouch of Tobacco on a pewter Plate on a wooden Table draped with a Rug
oil on canvas
33 x 29½in. (83.7 x 75cm.)
Provenance
Robert C. Graham, and by descent.
Literature
For the attribution see, for instance, the signed and dated painting in the Museé des Beaux-Arts, Strasbourg (M. Faré, Le Grand Siècle de la Nature Morte en France: le XVIIe Siècle, 1974, pp. 156-7, illustrated; and J. de Maere and M. Wabbles, Illustrated Dictionary of 17th Century Flemish Painters, 1994, p. 64, fig 125). The artist was probably a French protestant and is recorded working in The Hague from 1650-1676. He was in Antwerp in 1657 and became a member of the Guild of St. Luke in 1662/3.