Lot Essay
We are grateful to Fred Meijer of the RKD in The Hague for confirming the attribution on the basis of photographs (private communication, 8 May 2012). Mr. Meijer suggests a date of circa 1685.
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Flowers in a glass bowl on a stone ledge with butterflies
Details
David Cornelisz. de Heem (Antwerp 1663-before 1714 The Hague)
Flowers in a glass bowl on a stone ledge with butterflies
with signature 'D·DE·HEEM' (lower right, on the ledge)
oil on canvas
17 x 13¾ in. (43 x 35 cm.)
Flowers in a glass bowl on a stone ledge with butterflies
with signature 'D·DE·HEEM' (lower right, on the ledge)
oil on canvas
17 x 13¾ in. (43 x 35 cm.)
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 23 January 1989, lot 186, where acquired by the present owner.
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