Lot Essay
We are grateful to Fred G. Meijer for endorsing the attribution on the basis of photographs (private communications, 8 April 2024).
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A silver ewer with the artist's reflection, a lobster in a porcelain dish, prawns, grapes, oysters and a lemon on a draped table
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JASPER GEERAERTS (ANTWERP C. 1620-1654 AMSTERDAM)
A silver ewer with the artist's reflection, a lobster in a porcelain dish, prawns, grapes, oysters and a lemon on a draped table
oil on panel
24 x 20 1/8 in. (61 x 51.1 cm.)
A silver ewer with the artist's reflection, a lobster in a porcelain dish, prawns, grapes, oysters and a lemon on a draped table
oil on panel
24 x 20 1/8 in. (61 x 51.1 cm.)
Provenance
with Nicolaas Beets, Amsterdam, by 1930, as Cornelis de Heem.
with Galerie Gerstenberger, Chemnitz (no. 7655, according to a label that was once affixed to the reverse, but is no longer present).
Private collection, Maarssen.
with Rafael Valls Ltd, London, by 2006.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Amsterdam, 8 May 2001, lot 201, where acquired by the present owner.
with Galerie Gerstenberger, Chemnitz (no. 7655, according to a label that was once affixed to the reverse, but is no longer present).
Private collection, Maarssen.
with Rafael Valls Ltd, London, by 2006.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Amsterdam, 8 May 2001, lot 201, where acquired by the present owner.
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