Lot Essay
Dr. W. Schulz, judging from a photograph, has kindly informed us, in a fax dated 8 September 2000, that he does not fully accept the attribution to Saftleven.
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Cats singing from a music score with a monkey and an owl seated nearby, in an interior
Details
Circle of Cornelis Saftleven (1607-1681)
Cats singing from a music score with a monkey and an owl seated nearby, in an interior
dated (?) ..75 on a drawing on the wall upper left and inscribed canon/de katers sollen/maun/de katten huylen/maun on the music score
oil on canvas
40 x 51 cm
in a Dutch 17th Century ebonised frame
Cats singing from a music score with a monkey and an owl seated nearby, in an interior
dated (?) ..75 on a drawing on the wall upper left and inscribed canon/de katers sollen/maun/de katten huylen/maun on the music score
oil on canvas
40 x 51 cm
in a Dutch 17th Century ebonised frame
Provenance
Anon. Sale, Roos Amsterdam, 7 November 1893, lot 97, as Saftleven.
G.H.G. Braams; his Sale, Frederik Muller Arnhem, 24 September 1918, lot 194, as copy after Saftleven (200 to Aalberge).
G.H.G. Braams; his Sale, Frederik Muller Arnhem, 24 September 1918, lot 194, as copy after Saftleven (200 to Aalberge).
Literature
W. Schulz, Cornelis Saftleven 1607-1681, 1978, p.195, cat.no.532, as Saftleven, not seen.
Special notice
Christie's charge a buyer's premium of 20% (VAT inclusive) for this lot.