Lot Essay
We are grateful to Mr. Fred Meijer of the Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie, The Hague for confirming the attribution on the basis of a photograph (verbal communication, 22 September 2006).
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A silver dish with an oyster and a crab, a walnut, white grapes, a silver 'tazza', a porcelain bowl with lemons and a 'roemer', a bread roll, all on a draped table
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Theodoor Smits (active in Antwerp 1657-1671)
A silver dish with an oyster and a crab, a walnut, white grapes, a silver 'tazza', a porcelain bowl with lemons and a 'roemer', a bread roll, all on a draped table
oil on panel
35.6 x 51.2 cm.
A silver dish with an oyster and a crab, a walnut, white grapes, a silver 'tazza', a porcelain bowl with lemons and a 'roemer', a bread roll, all on a draped table
oil on panel
35.6 x 51.2 cm.
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