Lot Essay
We are grateful to Fred Meijer of the RKD for confirming the attribution on the basis of photographs.
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Grapes with a pear, an apricot, apples and plums in a wicker basket with a sprig of cherries, a lizard and a Red Admiral butterfly on a stone ledge
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Ambrosius Bosschaert II (Arnemuiden 1609-1645 Utrecht)
Grapes with a pear, an apricot, apples and plums in a wicker basket with a sprig of cherries, a lizard and a Red Admiral butterfly on a stone ledge
signed (?) and dated 'Ambrosius.Bofschaert.fecit -1631-'
oil on panel, reduced and made up into a square
22¼ x 22¼ in. (56.5 x 56.5 cm.)
Grapes with a pear, an apricot, apples and plums in a wicker basket with a sprig of cherries, a lizard and a Red Admiral butterfly on a stone ledge
signed (?) and dated 'Ambrosius
oil on panel, reduced and made up into a square
22¼ x 22¼ in. (56.5 x 56.5 cm.)
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