LATE 17TH CENTURY, MARKED IN BLUE ON THE BACKSIDE LC FOR LAMBERTUS CLEFFIUS AT DE METALEN POT, THE CENTRAL LANDSCAPES PAINTED BY VAN FRYTOM

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a pair of Frederik van Frytom blue and white oval landscape plaques
Late 17th century, marked in blue on the backside LC for Lambertus Cleffius at De Metalen Pot, the central landscapes painted by Van Frytom
One depicting a landscape near the village of Kethel near Delft, on the bank of a stretch of water, a dilapidated wooden farmhouse near a tall tree, to the left a faraway view with trees and a church tower, further with trees, the convex rim decorated in relief with four sprigs of berries between which are birds in oval medallions, crowned with a pierced palmette, the other one with a water landscape near the village of Kethel near Delft, on a river, beside which stands a farmhouse with haystack, two boats are sailing, in the foreground a reedy bank, the convex rim decorated in relief with four sprigs of berries between which are Chinese flowers in oval medallions, the crowned palmette decorated en suite to the preceding (the borders not by Van Frytom himself, but by another pottery decorator), (some glaze frittings), (within a fitted case)
19 x 21.5cm (2)

Provenance

-Mrs. C.T. Hoogendijk-de Boom Collection, Vlaardingen.
-A Dutch collection no. 62 and 63.

Literature

A. Vecht, Frederik van Frytom 1632-1702, Life and work of a Delft pottery-decorator (Amsterdam 1968), pp.84-85, ill.59-60.
B.R.M. de Neeve, Frederik van Frytom, Landschappen in blauw, Museum Boymans-Van Beuningen Rotterdam, 14 december 1968 - 3 februari 1969, ill.59.

Special notice

Christie's charge a buyer's premium of 20% (VAT inclusive) for this lot.

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Lot Essay

The landscapes are painted in a free and highly direct manner, and in the energetic style wholly typical of the master, the border decorations surrounding them are executed in an entirely different technique, with the so called trek. As far as we have been able to make out, Van Frytom never applied this trek-technique, so it is obvious that these borders were added by another hand. The signature of Lambertus Cleffius on the back of these plaques, confirm the assumption that Van Frytom must at some time have worked for Cleffius, owner of De Metalen Pot.

See illustration of the pair

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