Portrait of the painter Coenraet Roepel (The Hague 1678-1748), seated, half-length, painting a still life with flowers and fruit

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Richard van Bleek (The Hague 1670-1733 London)
Portrait of the painter Coenraet Roepel (The Hague 1678-1748), seated, half-length, painting a still life with flowers and fruit
indistinctly signed 'RBlee..' (lower right) and inscribed 'Coenraet·Roepel·fecit' (on the painting, lower left)
oil on canvas
44¼ x 35 in. (112.4 x 88.9 cm.)

Literature

E. Bénézit, Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculptures, Dessinateurs et Graveurs, Paris, 1954, I, p. 698.

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Lot Essay

This portrait of the still-life painter Coenraet Roepel (1678-1748) at the easel, was one of van Bleek's most celebrated works, painted circa 1705 after his first trip to London. Like van Bleek, Roepel was born in the Hague, where he had a successful career as a still-life painter, mainly specialising in flowers, and van Bleek depicts him painting a characteristic canvas.

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