Lot Essay
An identical bucket with copper nails occurs in a painting, also dated 1645, that was with G.C. Dekkers, Wassenaar, in 1982 (E. Buijsen, ed., Haagse Schilders in de Gouden Eeuw, 1998, p.322, ill.).
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Grapes, peaches and artichokes in a basket with gherkins in a bucket, a melon, dead pigeons, apples and pears on wooden table
Details
Johannes Kuveenis I (circa 1620-after 1666)
Grapes, peaches and artichokes in a basket with gherkins in a bucket, a melon, dead pigeons, apples and pears on wooden table
signed and dated J.Kuveenis.fecit. Ao 1645. lower left
oil on panel
71.7 x 93.4 cm
Grapes, peaches and artichokes in a basket with gherkins in a bucket, a melon, dead pigeons, apples and pears on wooden table
signed and dated J.Kuveenis.fecit. Ao 1645. lower left
oil on panel
71.7 x 93.4 cm
Provenance
with Frank Partridge, London; Christie's, London, 3 June 1918, lot 292 (15 gns to Buck).
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