Lot Essay
We are grateful to Dr. Fred G. Meijer for proposing the attribution after first-hand inspection and for his assistance in the cataloguing of this lot.
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A forest floor with a mouse and a chestnut
Details
Peter Snijers (Antwerp 1681-1752)
A forest floor with a mouse and a chestnut
oil on panel
11 1/8 x 9 in. (28.2 x 22.8 cm.)
A forest floor with a mouse and a chestnut
oil on panel
11 1/8 x 9 in. (28.2 x 22.8 cm.)
Provenance
(Possibly) Goris collection; Bincken, Antwerp, 1 September 1767, lot 48, as 'P. Snyers, Een Stuksken, waer op een Muys' (13 guilders 10 stuivers).
(Probably) Philip Meadows (d. 1786), and by inheritance to,
Meadows Taylor (1755-1842), and by descent in the family to,
Commander P. H. B. Taylor (d. 1989), The Manor House, Diss, Norfolk; Thomas William Gaze & Son, on the premises, 20 June 1990, lot 429, as 'Dutch School, late 17th century', where acquired by the late owner, and by descent.
(Probably) Philip Meadows (d. 1786), and by inheritance to,
Meadows Taylor (1755-1842), and by descent in the family to,
Commander P. H. B. Taylor (d. 1989), The Manor House, Diss, Norfolk; Thomas William Gaze & Son, on the premises, 20 June 1990, lot 429, as 'Dutch School, late 17th century', where acquired by the late owner, and by descent.
Literature
S. Steensma, Otto Marseus van Schrieck: Leben und Werk, Hildesheim, 1999, pp. 162 and 348, no. B2.8, fig. 139, as 'van Schrieck?'.
Exhibited
Norwich, Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery, Dutch and Flemish Painting in Norfolk, 1988, no. 64, illustrated, as 'Attributed to Otto Marseus van Schrieck'.
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