Lot Essay
A similar signed version, with the composition in reverse, was sold in these Rooms, 10 November 1997, lot 138.
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A partly-peeled lemon in a giant roemer, a Wan-li dish with cherries, apples and oranges, and a pewter plate with oysters and a walnut, with a pear, blackberries and butterflies on a partly draped stone ledge
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Martinus Nellius (1670-after 1706, active The Hague and Leiden)
A partly-peeled lemon in a giant roemer, a Wan-li dish with cherries, apples and oranges, and a pewter plate with oysters and a walnut, with a pear, blackberries and butterflies on a partly draped stone ledge
signed 'Nellius' (lower left)
oil on canvas, unframed
61.1 x 50.9 cm.
A partly-peeled lemon in a giant roemer, a Wan-li dish with cherries, apples and oranges, and a pewter plate with oysters and a walnut, with a pear, blackberries and butterflies on a partly draped stone ledge
signed 'Nellius' (lower left)
oil on canvas, unframed
61.1 x 50.9 cm.
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