Lot Essay
sold with a certificate by Prof. Dr. W. Vogelsang, dated 28 June 1931
The same panelmaker's mark is found on Kalf's on the support of the picture in the Konstmuseum, Göteborg, inv.n.160, (Grisebach n.58, fig.59) and on his picture in the Institute of Arts, Detroit, inv.n.69.358 (Grisebach, n.29, fig.31)
Circa 1640 the young Kalf arrived in Paris where he joined a Flemish group of still life painters. He remained in the city until 1646 specialising in barn interiors, of which Grisebach has listed 58 examples. They all are small scale panels depicting the dark interiors lit with strong light coming from top left and falling on the still life elements in the foreground.
Grisebach has compared the present picture to four other interiors (with Dr. J.A. van Dongen, Amsterdam, 1948; Grisebach, n.55. plate 57; in the collection J. Frederiks on loan to the Boymans van Beuningen Museum, Rotterdam; Grisebach n.55, plate 57; Musée da le Ville St Lô; Grisebach n.56, plate 62; Museum in Göteborg; Grisebach, n.57, plate 58), which he tentatively dates to 1644 on the basis of comparison with the picture of a peasant woman on a farmyard, signed and dated 1644 (Grisebach, n.53, plate 55).
The same panelmaker's mark is found on Kalf's on the support of the picture in the Konstmuseum, Göteborg, inv.n.160, (Grisebach n.58, fig.59) and on his picture in the Institute of Arts, Detroit, inv.n.69.358 (Grisebach, n.29, fig.31)
Circa 1640 the young Kalf arrived in Paris where he joined a Flemish group of still life painters. He remained in the city until 1646 specialising in barn interiors, of which Grisebach has listed 58 examples. They all are small scale panels depicting the dark interiors lit with strong light coming from top left and falling on the still life elements in the foreground.
Grisebach has compared the present picture to four other interiors (with Dr. J.A. van Dongen, Amsterdam, 1948; Grisebach, n.55. plate 57; in the collection J. Frederiks on loan to the Boymans van Beuningen Museum, Rotterdam; Grisebach n.55, plate 57; Musée da le Ville St Lô; Grisebach n.56, plate 62; Museum in Göteborg; Grisebach, n.57, plate 58), which he tentatively dates to 1644 on the basis of comparison with the picture of a peasant woman on a farmyard, signed and dated 1644 (Grisebach, n.53, plate 55).