F. Smets (17th century)

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F. Smets (17th century)

A 'pronk' still life with a stoneware jug, a melon, a berkemeyer on a silver stand, a gilt cup and cover, a flute, an upturned silver tazza, a lemon and peaches with a knife on a silver plate, grapes and a gilt fob watch on a draped table

signed lower left F:SMETS.fec, oil on canvas (the top corners made up)
94.5 x 80 cm

Provenance

Anon. Sale, Galerie Moderne Brussels, 18 June 1973, lot 683, with ill.

Lot Essay

The artist seems to be unrecorded. Judging from the style of the present lot, he can not be identical with Jacob Smets (1680-1764), whose still lives were influenced by Spanish examples

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