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Grapes, pears, quinces, peaches, prawns, oysters and a pastry on pewter plates with lemons, an orange, an upturned silver tazza, a roemer in a gilt stand, a silver-gilt cup and cover, a silver jug, a saltcellar, grapes, a melon and peaches in a draped basket, a lobster on a porcelain dish, a jewellery box and a giant roemer on a draped table by a curtain
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Wouter Mertens (active 1640-1660)
Grapes, pears, quinces, peaches, prawns, oysters and a pastry on pewter plates with lemons, an orange, an upturned silver tazza, a roemer in a gilt stand, a silver-gilt cup and cover, a silver jug, a saltcellar, grapes, a melon and peaches in a draped basket, a lobster on a porcelain dish, a jewellery box and a giant roemer on a draped table by a curtain
indistinctly signed 'WE...ENS' (lower left, on the table)
oil on canvas
51¼ x 69 5/8 in. (130.2 x 176.8 cm.)
Grapes, pears, quinces, peaches, prawns, oysters and a pastry on pewter plates with lemons, an orange, an upturned silver tazza, a roemer in a gilt stand, a silver-gilt cup and cover, a silver jug, a saltcellar, grapes, a melon and peaches in a draped basket, a lobster on a porcelain dish, a jewellery box and a giant roemer on a draped table by a curtain
indistinctly signed 'WE...ENS' (lower left, on the table)
oil on canvas
51¼ x 69 5/8 in. (130.2 x 176.8 cm.)
Provenance
with J. Goudstikker, Amsterdam, 1920.
with Stern, Düsseldorf.
with Stern, Düsseldorf.
Literature
Mededeelingen Dienst voor Kunst en Wetenschappen, II, The Hague, 1926, p. 36, as Jan Davidsz. de Heem.
Exhibited
Rotterdam, Goudstikker, 1917, no. 17, as Jan Davidsz. de Heem. The Hague, Goudstikker, November 1919, no. 53, as Jan Davidsz. de Heem.
Copenhagen, Statens Museum for Kunst, Konstforening, 1920, no. 25, as Jan Davidsz. de Heem.
Stockholm, Kongliga Akadermien for de Fria Konsterna, 1920, no. 25, as Jan Davidsz. de Heem.
New York, Anderson Gallery, The Goudstikker Collection of Amsterdam, 10 March-7 April 1923, no. 52, as Jan Davidsz. de Heem.
The Hague, Tentoonstelling Nederlanse stillevens uit 5 eeuwen, March 1926, as Jan Davidsz. de Heem.
Copenhagen, Statens Museum for Kunst, Konstforening, 1920, no. 25, as Jan Davidsz. de Heem.
Stockholm, Kongliga Akadermien for de Fria Konsterna, 1920, no. 25, as Jan Davidsz. de Heem.
New York, Anderson Gallery, The Goudstikker Collection of Amsterdam, 10 March-7 April 1923, no. 52, as Jan Davidsz. de Heem.
The Hague, Tentoonstelling Nederlanse stillevens uit 5 eeuwen, March 1926, as Jan Davidsz. de Heem.
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