Mulberries, a ham and a bun on pewter plates, butter and pears on porcelain dishes with a beerglass, a flute and a knife on a draped table

Details

Floris van Schooten (circa 1590-after 1655)
Mulberries, a ham and a bun on pewter plates, butter and pears on porcelain dishes with a beerglass, a flute and a knife on a draped table
oil on panel
52.1 x 83.4 cm

Literature

N.R.A. Vroom, A Modest Message as intimated by the painters of the 'Monochrome banketje', 1980, I, p.87, fig.109; II, p.115, no.582.

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Lot Essay

The present lot can be dated to circa 1650, when the tables in Van Schooten's pictures were represented at a gentler angle than in his early works, and when he used a light palette (see P. Gammelbo, "Floris van Schooten", Nederlands Kunsthistorisch Jaarboek, XVII, 1966). Compare also with the picture formerly in the collection of Samuel John, Count van Limburg Stirum, offered at Christie's, Amsterdam, 9 May 2001, lot 96, ill. (sold NLG 145.000).

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