Lot Essay
We are grateful to Mr. Fred Meijer of the RKD for confirming the attribution after inspection in the original.
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Tulips in a vase with a caterpillar and a grasshopper on a stone ledge, and dragonflies and a bee
Details
Jakob Marrell (Frankenthal 1613/14-1681 Frankfurt)
Tulips in a vase with a caterpillar and a grasshopper on a stone ledge, and dragonflies and a bee
signed 'J·MARRELLES f' (partially strengthened, lower center)
oil on panel, oval
18¾ x 14¼ in. (47.6 x 36.1 cm.)
Tulips in a vase with a caterpillar and a grasshopper on a stone ledge, and dragonflies and a bee
signed 'J·MARRELLES f' (partially strengthened, lower center)
oil on panel, oval
18¾ x 14¼ in. (47.6 x 36.1 cm.)
Provenance
Jan Maas, Hengelo, Holland.
Anon. Sale, Mak van Waay, Amsterdam, 8 October 1973, lot 171.
Anon. Sale, Christie's, London, 11 April 1975, lot 76 (sold £7,500).
Anon. Sale, Mak van Waay, Amsterdam, 8 October 1973, lot 171.
Anon. Sale, Christie's, London, 11 April 1975, lot 76 (sold £7,500).
Literature
R. van Luttervelt, Schilders van het Stilleven, Naarden, 1954, p. 99, fig. 50.
G. Bott, 'Stillebenmaler des 17. Jahrhunderts. Jakob Marrell', Kunst in Hessen und am Mitterlrhein, VI, 1966, no. 1.
G. Bott, Die Stillebenmaler Soreau, Binoit, Codino und Marrell in Hanau und Frankfurt 1600-1650, Hanau, 2001, p. 236, no. WV.M.40, illustrated.
G. Bott, 'Stillebenmaler des 17. Jahrhunderts. Jakob Marrell', Kunst in Hessen und am Mitterlrhein, VI, 1966, no. 1.
G. Bott, Die Stillebenmaler Soreau, Binoit, Codino und Marrell in Hanau und Frankfurt 1600-1650, Hanau, 2001, p. 236, no. WV.M.40, illustrated.
Exhibited
Utrecht, Centraal Museum, on loan, 1925.
Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum, on loan, 1959.
Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum, on loan, 1959.