Lot Essay
The figures are the work of another hand
THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
Adriaen van Utrecht (1599-1652)
Details
Adriaen van Utrecht (1599-1652)
A Gamekeeper with a Punt Gun and a Maidservant holding up a dead Hare in a Larder, with a lobster, a crab, prawns, fish, vegetables and a pail of sausages and pigs' trotters on tables, birds hanging from a game-ring above
signed and dated 'A. Van utrecht. 1639'
60¾ x 78 3/8in. (154.3 x 199cm.)
A Gamekeeper with a Punt Gun and a Maidservant holding up a dead Hare in a Larder, with a lobster, a crab, prawns, fish, vegetables and a pail of sausages and pigs' trotters on tables, birds hanging from a game-ring above
signed and dated 'A. Van utrecht. 1639'
60¾ x 78 3/8in. (154.3 x 199cm.)
Provenance
The Hon. Marmaduke Constable Maxwell, Terregles,
Dumfriesshire; (+) Christie's, 1 March 1873, lot 108 (150gns. to Green)
H. L. Bischoffsheim, Bute House, South Audley Street, London; (+) Christie's, 7 May 1926, lot 100 (240gns. to F. Partridge)
Dr. C. J. K. Van Aalst, Huis-te-Hoevelaken, Holland, by 1939
His son, Dr. N. J. Van Aalst; Christie's, 1 April 1960, lot 51
(1,200gns.)
Dumfriesshire; (+) Christie's, 1 March 1873, lot 108 (150gns. to Green)
H. L. Bischoffsheim, Bute House, South Audley Street, London; (+) Christie's, 7 May 1926, lot 100 (240gns. to F. Partridge)
Dr. C. J. K. Van Aalst, Huis-te-Hoevelaken, Holland, by 1939
His son, Dr. N. J. Van Aalst; Christie's, 1 April 1960, lot 51
(1,200gns.)
Literature
Dutch and Flemish Old Masters in the Collection of Dr. C. J. K. Van Aalst, Huis-te-Hoevelaken, Holland, ed. J. W. von Moltke, 1939, p.40 and pl.IX
E. Greindl, Les peintres flamands de nature morte au XVIIe siècle, 1983, p.385, no.33
E. Greindl, Les peintres flamands de nature morte au XVIIe siècle, 1983, p.385, no.33