Lot Essay
We are grateful to Mr Fred Meijer of the RKD, The Hague, for suggesting the attribution to the Pseudo-Simons after inspection of the original (verbal communication, 7 July 2008).
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A lobster, grapes, hazelnuts, a cut lemon and shrimp on a silver plate, grapes, peaches, plums, and cherries on a 'tazza' and strawberries in a porcelain bowl, on a partially draped table
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Pseudo-Simons (active in Antwerp, second half of the 17th Century)
A lobster, grapes, hazelnuts, a cut lemon and shrimp on a silver plate, grapes, peaches, plums, and cherries on a 'tazza' and strawberries in a porcelain bowl, on a partially draped table
oil on canvas
60.4 x 74.9 cm.
A lobster, grapes, hazelnuts, a cut lemon and shrimp on a silver plate, grapes, peaches, plums, and cherries on a 'tazza' and strawberries in a porcelain bowl, on a partially draped table
oil on canvas
60.4 x 74.9 cm.
Provenance
G.M. Clark, Cobourg (according to an inscription on the frame).
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