Figs, red and yellow grapes, plums, and apricots in a basket, with quinces on a ledge

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ADRIAEN VAN UTRECHT (ANTWERP 1599-1652)
Figs, red and yellow grapes, plums, and apricots in a basket, with quinces on a ledge
signed and dated ‘Adriaen van Utrecht / fe. Ano 1651’ (strengthened, lower center)
oil on canvas
23 x 30 1⁄8 in. (58.4 x 76.5 cm.)

Provenance

with John Mitchell and Son, London, by 1964.
Private collection, Belgium.
Anonymous sale; Galerie Fischer, Lucerne, 12-13 June 1970, lot 528.
with Paul Vogel, Lucerne, by July 1972.
Private collection, Berlin.
Anonymous sale; UTO, Zurich, 27 November 1985, lot 1428.
Private collection, Austria.
Anonymous sale; Dorotheum, Vienna, 24 April 2018, lot 179, where acquired by the present owner.

Literature

Advertisement, Die Weltkunst, 15 July 1972, illustrated on the back cover.
Advertisement, Die Weltkunst, 15 May 1985, p. 1483, illustrated.

Conditions of sale

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Lot Essay

Sometime after this painting was sold in 1970, it underwent a transformative cleaning which removed overpaint in the upper left quadrant. This revealed the twigs with berries at upper left, as well as the original arrangement of the figs in the basket.

We are grateful to Fred G. Meijer for endorsing the attribution on the basis of photographs (private communication, 22 October 2024).

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