Lot Essay
We are grateful to Fred Meijer of the RKD for confirming the attribution on inspection of the original.
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Roses, carnations, morning-glory and other flowers with ants in a gold sculpted urn, with a caterpillar and butterflies on a wooden ledge
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Jan van Kessel I (Antwerp 1626-1679)
Roses, carnations, morning-glory and other flowers with ants in a gold sculpted urn, with a caterpillar and butterflies on a wooden ledge
signed 'I.V. Kessel. Fecit' (lower left)
oil on copper
9½ x 7 in. (24.1 x 17.8 cm.)
Roses, carnations, morning-glory and other flowers with ants in a gold sculpted urn, with a caterpillar and butterflies on a wooden ledge
signed 'I.V. Kessel. Fecit' (lower left)
oil on copper
9½ x 7 in. (24.1 x 17.8 cm.)
Provenance
(Possibly) acquired in the Netherlands by Leandre de Martel, Capitaine de Cavalerie under Louis XIV, and by descent to the present owner.
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