Lot Essay
We are grateful to Fred Meijer, of the RKD, The Hague, for confirming the attribution on the basis of photographs.
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Roses, tulips, peonies, carnations, morning glory, thistle and other flowers with butterflies and a bumblebee, in a sculpted urn on a stone ledge with grapes and apricots, a classical villa beyond
Details
Egidus Nuemans (active Flanders, 17th Century)
Roses, tulips, peonies, carnations, morning glory, thistle and other flowers with butterflies and a bumblebee, in a sculpted urn on a stone ledge with grapes and apricots, a classical villa beyond
oil on canvas
40 3/8 x 30 in. (102.5 x 76 cm.)
Roses, tulips, peonies, carnations, morning glory, thistle and other flowers with butterflies and a bumblebee, in a sculpted urn on a stone ledge with grapes and apricots, a classical villa beyond
oil on canvas
40 3/8 x 30 in. (102.5 x 76 cm.)
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie’s, London, 29 November 1968, lot 54.
Private Collection, Switzerland.
Private Collection, Switzerland.
Literature
A. van der Willigen, F. G. Meijer, A Dictionary of Dutch and Flemish Still-life Painters Working in Oils , 1525-1725, Leiden, 2003, p.152.
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