Lot Essay
We are grateful to Fred G. Meijer for endorsing the attribution on the basis of photographs (private communication, 30 October 2023).
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Property of an American Private Collector
THEODOR VAN AENVANCK (ANTWERP 1633-1690)
A silver plate with oysters and grapes, a basket of grapes, peaches and a melon, with other fruits and bread on a partially draped table top
Details
THEODOR VAN AENVANCK (ANTWERP 1633-1690)
A silver plate with oysters and grapes, a basket of grapes, peaches and a melon, with other fruits and bread on a partially draped table top
signed and dated 'f. 1654 / TEODOER . AENVANK' (lower right, on the edge of the table)
oil on canvas
22 x 32 ¼ in. (56 x 82 cm.)
A silver plate with oysters and grapes, a basket of grapes, peaches and a melon, with other fruits and bread on a partially draped table top
signed and dated 'f. 1654 / TEODOER . AENVANK' (lower right, on the edge of the table)
oil on canvas
22 x 32 ¼ in. (56 x 82 cm.)
Provenance
Edith and Ilse Perl, Vienna, by 1979 (according to their label on the reverse).
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 23 March 1979, lot 153, where acquired by the following,
with Richard Green, London.
Anonymous sale; Dorotheum, Vienna, 17-23 November 1981, lot 2.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby Park Bernet, New York, 20 January 1983, lot 63.
Peter H. Tillou (1935-2021), Litchfield, CT; his deceased sale, Brunk Auctions, Ashville, NC, 29 September 2022, lot 131, where acquired by the present owner.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 23 March 1979, lot 153, where acquired by the following,
with Richard Green, London.
Anonymous sale; Dorotheum, Vienna, 17-23 November 1981, lot 2.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby Park Bernet, New York, 20 January 1983, lot 63.
Peter H. Tillou (1935-2021), Litchfield, CT; his deceased sale, Brunk Auctions, Ashville, NC, 29 September 2022, lot 131, where acquired by the present owner.
Literature
Advertisement, Die Weltkunst, XIV, 1979, unpaginated.
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