Two peaches on a ledge

Details

Dirk Jan Hendrik Joosten (Haarlem 1818-1882)
Two peaches on a ledge
signed 'D.J.H Joosten f^t.' and with numbers '8' and '164'
oil on red-brown paper
4¾ x 9 in. (12.1 x 22.9 cm.)

Provenance

Hendrik Teding van Berkhout (1879-1969).
Presented to I.Q. van Regteren Altena in 1962 on the occasion of his retirement from the Rijksmuseum.

Special notice

This lot is offered without reserve.

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Lot Essay

Joosten, who produced mostly still lives, was a pupil of Georgius Johannes Jacobus van Os (1782-1861) and Johannes Reekers (1790-1858), and became a member of his home town Haarlem's artist's society 'Kunst zij ons doel' (art be our aim) in circa 1870.

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