Attributed to AMBROSIUS BOSSCHAERT, the Elder* (1561-1621)

The Property of THE WOODNER FAMILY COLLECTION

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Attributed to AMBROSIUS BOSSCHAERT, the Elder* (1561-1621)

A wicker Basket with Roses, Tulips, Narcissi, Lily of the Valley, a Fritillaria meleagris, a Cyclamen, a Hyacinth, an Anemone, a Carnation and other Flowers on a Ledge, surrounded by a variety of cut flowers, a lizard, a butterfly, a beetle, a grasshopper, a dragonfly, a caterpillar and shells, a goldfinch and another bird above

oil on panel
16 x 24 1/8in. (40.7 x 61.2cm.)

来源

with Galerie Sanct Lucas, Vienna, Winter 1983-84, no. 10

出版

I. Bergstrom, Baskets with Flowers by Ambrosius Bosschaert the Elder, and their Repercussions on the Art of Balthasar van der Ast, Tableau, 6, no. 3, December 1983/84, pp. 66ff, illustrated

拍品专文

Sold with a letter attached to a photograph from Ingvar Bergström dated Göteberg, May 25, 1983 as Ambrosius Bosschaert the Elder and dateable to 1605 or shortly after. Professor Bergstrom, in a letter dated Göteborg, November 14, 1991, reaffirms the attribution to Bosschaert the Elder as well as the date. He also notes that the goldfinch to the right is a symbol of the passion of Christ, and the bird to the left with black wings is a symbol of the human soul.

Also sold with a photo certificate from Dr. Sam Segal dated Amsterdam, December 5, 1982, as Ambrosius Bosschaert the Elder, circa 1619-20. However, in a letter dated November 20, 1991, Segal now believes the painting to be one of the earliest known works of Balthasar van der Ast (1593/4-1657), possibly with some collaborative assistance from Ambrosius Bosschaert I