A herring on a wooden plate, a knife, a pipe and tabacco, a crab, bread and an earthenware jug on a partly-draped table

Details

N. L. Peschier (active Leyden c. 1660)
A herring on a wooden plate, a knife, a pipe and tabacco, a crab, bread and an earthenware jug on a partly-draped table
signed and dated 'N.L. peschier.F. .An.i660' (lower left)
oil on canvas
41.3 x 54.4 cm.

Provenance

With S. Nystad, The Hague, 1960.
With Gallery Mitchell, London, 1958.

Literature

Burlington Magazine, August 1958, p. 3, illustrated.
P. Gammelbo, 'On a Vanitas Still Life by N.L. Peschier', Studia Musealne, VI, 1964, pp. 74-77, no. 64, illustrated.
E. Gemar-Koeltzsch, Holländische Stillebenmaler im 17. Jahrhundert, Lingen, 1995, III, pp. 778-9, no. 309/3, illustrated.

Exhibited

Delft, Museum Het Prinsenhof, Oude Kunst- en Antiekbeurs, 1960.

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Lot Essay

Little is known about the artist's dates of birth and death, although Peschier might have been born in France and subsequently moved to Leiden. It was there that the artist became known for his VANITAS, hunting and breakfast still lifes of which the present lot is a fine example. Peschier's paintings are rare: at present only some five works are known by the artist, datable to between 1659 and 1661.

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