Lemons, grapes and plums on a plate, with a roemer, a crayfish, walnuts, a pipe and other objects

Details

JAN VAN DEN HECKE I (KWAREMONT 1620⁄21-1684 ANTWERP)
Lemons, grapes and plums on a plate, with a roemer, a crayfish, walnuts, a pipe and other objects
indistinctly signed and dated 'J..... f. / A. ^o 16...' (lower left, on the ledge)
oil on panel, stamped on the reverse with the coat-of-arms of the City of Antwerp and the panel makers mark of François de Bout 'FDB' (active Antwerp c. 1655)
13 7⁄8 x 19 1⁄8 in. (35.3 x 48.5 cm.), with a later addition of approx. 0 1⁄8 in. (0.3 cm.) to the upper edge

Provenance

Acquired by the grandfather of the present owners.

Conditions of sale

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Lot Essay

As demonstrated by the present work, during van den Hecke's initial stay in Antwerp from 1636-1644 he appears to have been much influenced by the work of Jan Davidsz. de Heem, who had settled in the city by 1636.

We are grateful to Dr. Fred G. Meijer for proposing the attribution to Jan van den Hecke I on the basis of photographs, and for dating it to around the mid-1640s.

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