Willem Kalf (1619-1693)

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Willem Kalf (1619-1693)

A peasant at a fireplace in a barn, with a copper bucket, a bunch of spring onions, a melon and gherkins in the foreground

signed (strengthened) centre left KALF, oil on panel
31.5 x 26 cm

Provenance

with Van Diemen, Amsterdam (seal on the reverse)
Mrs M.F. Lindenmeyer-Christ, Basel, 1924
Anon. Sale, Christie's London, 12 December 1980, lot 11, with ill.
Anon. Sale, Christie's London, 23 April 1982, lot 3, with ill.
Anon. Sale, Sotheby's London, 20 May 1991, lot 53, with ill., as Manner of Adriaen van Ostade

Literature

L. Grisebach, Willem Kalf 1619-1693, 1974, pp. 71 and 228, no. 45, fig. 52

Exhibited

Basel, Austellung von Kunstwerken des 15. bis 18. Jahrhunderts aus Basler Privat Besitz, 1928, no. 133

Lot Essay

As pointed out by Grisebach (loc.cit.), the present lot belongs to a group of thirteen pictures of barn interiors, which the author dates 1643/44

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