Pieter van den Bosch (Amsterdam 1613/14-after 1663)
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Pieter van den Bosch (Amsterdam 1613/14-after 1663)

A peach, an orange, grapes, a pear, and blue grapes in a silver Hercules tazza on a stone ledge in a niche

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Pieter van den Bosch (Amsterdam 1613/14-after 1663)
A peach, an orange, grapes, a pear, and blue grapes in a silver Hercules tazza on a stone ledge in a niche
signed and dated 'P.v Bosch. f 1652' (lower left)
oil on canvas
66.1 x 52.3 cm.
Provenance
Anonymous Sale; Gotheburg, Auktionsverk, March 1976, lot 276.
Anonymous Sale; Christie's, London, 25 March 1977, lot 99 (sold 4.200 GBP).
Anonymous Sale; Christie's, London, 15 June 1984, lot 29 (sold 6.000 GBP).
With Johnny van Haeften, London.
Literature
Die Weltkunst, 46, no. 4 (1976), illustrated (as 'Daniel Seghers')
S. Segal, A Prosperous Past, The Hague 1988, pp. 199, 221-2, note 8, illustrated, as 'Paulus van den Bosch'.
E. Gemar-Koeltzsch, Höllandische Stillebenmaler in 17. Jahrhundert, 2, 1995, pp. 152-3, no. 48/3 and 4, illustrated.
Exhibited
New York, Wildenstein, The Object as Subject, 1975, no. 8.
Maastricht, Antiquairs International & Pictura Fine Art Fair, Gallery Johnny van Haeften, 23-31 March 1985.
Special notice
Christie's charges a Buyer's premium calculated at 23.205% of the hammer price for each lot with a value up to €110,000. If the hammer price of a lot exceeds €110,000 then the premium for the lot is calculated at 23.205% of the first €110,000 plus 11.9% of any amount in excess of €110,000. Buyer's Premium is calculated on this basis for each lot individually.
Sale room notice
We are grateful to Dr. J.R. ter Molen for pointing out that the silver figure in the Tazza may represent either Summer or Autumn. The maker is likely to have been inspired by Adam van Vianen.

Lot Essay

The motif of the Hercules tazza was repeated in other paintings by the artist. Here the figure of Hercules holds his club in his left hand and a cornucopia, which evolves into the bowl, in his right.

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