Lot Essay
We are grateful to Dr. Fred Meijer for suggesting the attribution upon first-hand inspection.
.jpg?w=1)
Property from a Belgian Private collection
Pseudo-Jan van Kessel II (active second half 17th century)
Fish and shellfish on a shore
Details
Pseudo-Jan van Kessel II (active second half 17th century)
Fish and shellfish on a shore
oil on copper
8 x 11 ½ in. (20.4 x 29.2 cm.)
Fish and shellfish on a shore
oil on copper
8 x 11 ½ in. (20.4 x 29.2 cm.)
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 22 May 1985, lot 31, as 'Jan van Kessel II.
Anonymous sale; Glerum, The Hague, 25 November 1991, lot 105.
Anonymous sale; Vendu Notarishuis, Rotterdam, 29 March 1992, lot 46.
Anonymous sale; Phillips, London, 6 July 1993, lot 227, as 'Attributed to Jacob Bouttats'.
Anonymous sale; Glerum, The Hague, 25 November 1991, lot 105.
Anonymous sale; Vendu Notarishuis, Rotterdam, 29 March 1992, lot 46.
Anonymous sale; Phillips, London, 6 July 1993, lot 227, as 'Attributed to Jacob Bouttats'.
Literature
N. Schneider, Les natures mortes, Paris, 1991, p. 162.
K. Ertz and C. Nitze-Ertz, Jan van Kessel: Kritisch Katalogue der Gemälde, Lingen, 2012, p. 242, no. 298, illustrated, as 'Jan van Kessel I'.
K. Ertz and C. Nitze-Ertz, Jan van Kessel: Kritisch Katalogue der Gemälde, Lingen, 2012, p. 242, no. 298, illustrated, as 'Jan van Kessel I'.
Brought to you by
Lucy Cox