Lot Essay
We are grateful to Mr. Fred Meijer of the RKD for drawing our attention to his earlier attribution of this picture to Ernst Stuven, and for providing the additional catalogue information.
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Roses, a lily and convulvulus in a glass vase, with two red admiral butterflies and a caterpillar, on a wooden ledge
Details
Ernst Stuven (Hamburg 1660-1712 Rotterdam)
Roses, a lily and convulvulus in a glass vase, with two red admiral butterflies and a caterpillar, on a wooden ledge
with signature 'A. Mignon' (lower right)
oil on canvas
33 7/8 x 27 7/8 in. (86.2 x 70.9 cm.)
Roses, a lily and convulvulus in a glass vase, with two red admiral butterflies and a caterpillar, on a wooden ledge
with signature 'A. Mignon' (lower right)
oil on canvas
33 7/8 x 27 7/8 in. (86.2 x 70.9 cm.)
Provenance
Fritz Küchler, Frankfurt, 1971.
Neumeister, Munich, 28-9 November, 1984, lot 629 as 'Abraham Mignon'.
with Frye & Son, Münster, 1986.
Neumeister, Munich, 28-9 November, 1984, lot 629 as 'Abraham Mignon'.
with Frye & Son, Münster, 1986.
Literature
M. Kraemer-Noble, Abraham Mignon 1640-1679, Leigh-on-Sea, 1973, p. 49, B115 (doubtful and rejected works).
Special notice
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