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拍品專文
The fruit is to be identified as follows:
1.Ivy Hedera helix L.
2.Hazelnuts Corylus avellana L.
3.White grapes Vitis vinifera L.
4.Gooseberries Ribes uva-crispi L.
5.Cherry plums Prunus cerasifera Ehrh.
6.Bullaces Prunus institita L.
7.Black grapes Vitis vinifera L.
8.Plums Prunus domestica L.
9.Quinces Cydonia oblonga Mill.
10.Melon Cucurbita melo L.
11.Blackberries Rubus fruticosus L. coll.
12.Peach Prunus persica L. Batsch
The identity of the artist is not known. Dr Sam Segal, whose report on both the present and previous lot, dated 24th of September 1992 is available to the buyer, suggests that he was Jeroom (Hieronymus) van Kessel II, the younger brother of Jan van Kessel I. As observed by Dr. Sam Segal, the present and previous lots belong to a group of at least ten similar still lifes. The most important pictures among the group are the picture, signed and dated 1652 in the Lubomirsky Museum, Lwow, Russia (I. Kuznetzov, West-European Still Life Painting, 1965, no.22, ill.) and the still life with cabbages and hunting utensils, singed and dated 1655, in the Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum, Brunswick (Bruegel, een dynastie van schilders, exhibition catalogue, Brussels, 1980, no.267, ill.). Characteristic for the group is the striking realism of the fruit depicted, which suggest that the pictures might have been meant as 'trompe l'oeils'. While the compositions of the swags hanging from nails suggests influence from Cornelis de Heem, the naturalistic colour scheme suggests an awareness of Adriaen van Utrecht. Both these Antwerp influence would suggest an activity in Flanders rather then the North for this unknown Van Kessel.
1.Ivy Hedera helix L.
2.Hazelnuts Corylus avellana L.
3.White grapes Vitis vinifera L.
4.Gooseberries Ribes uva-crispi L.
5.Cherry plums Prunus cerasifera Ehrh.
6.Bullaces Prunus institita L.
7.Black grapes Vitis vinifera L.
8.Plums Prunus domestica L.
9.Quinces Cydonia oblonga Mill.
10.Melon Cucurbita melo L.
11.Blackberries Rubus fruticosus L. coll.
12.Peach Prunus persica L. Batsch
The identity of the artist is not known. Dr Sam Segal, whose report on both the present and previous lot, dated 24th of September 1992 is available to the buyer, suggests that he was Jeroom (Hieronymus) van Kessel II, the younger brother of Jan van Kessel I. As observed by Dr. Sam Segal, the present and previous lots belong to a group of at least ten similar still lifes. The most important pictures among the group are the picture, signed and dated 1652 in the Lubomirsky Museum, Lwow, Russia (I. Kuznetzov, West-European Still Life Painting, 1965, no.22, ill.) and the still life with cabbages and hunting utensils, singed and dated 1655, in the Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum, Brunswick (Bruegel, een dynastie van schilders, exhibition catalogue, Brussels, 1980, no.267, ill.). Characteristic for the group is the striking realism of the fruit depicted, which suggest that the pictures might have been meant as 'trompe l'oeils'. While the compositions of the swags hanging from nails suggests influence from Cornelis de Heem, the naturalistic colour scheme suggests an awareness of Adriaen van Utrecht. Both these Antwerp influence would suggest an activity in Flanders rather then the North for this unknown Van Kessel.