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THE PROPERTY OF JONKHEER C.L.C. VAN KRETSCHMAR
Michiel Simons (died 1673)
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Michiel Simons (died 1673)
Partridges, a finch and a bullfinch, grapes and peaches in a Wan-li dish, a lemon, a crayfish, oysters on a pewter plate, a giant roemer, an orange, a sliced peach, a carnation and a bouquet of tulips, a rose, narcisses, a fritillary, a snowdrop and other flowers in a glass vase on a draped ledge, before a draped curtain
signed lower left M Simons.f, oil on canvas
70.8 x 115.8 cm
Partridges, a finch and a bullfinch, grapes and peaches in a Wan-li dish, a lemon, a crayfish, oysters on a pewter plate, a giant roemer, an orange, a sliced peach, a carnation and a bouquet of tulips, a rose, narcisses, a fritillary, a snowdrop and other flowers in a glass vase on a draped ledge, before a draped curtain
signed lower left M Simons.f, oil on canvas
70.8 x 115.8 cm
Provenance
Purchased by the father of the present owner circa 1960