Studio of Willem Claesz. Heda (Haarlem 1594-1680)

A blackberry pie on a pewter platter, a roemer, an upturned silver tazza, a partially peeled lemon with olives on a pewter platter and a nautilus cup, on a partly-draped table

Details

Studio of Willem Claesz. Heda (Haarlem 1594-1680)
A blackberry pie on a pewter platter, a roemer, an upturned silver tazza, a partially peeled lemon with olives on a pewter platter and a nautilus cup, on a partly-draped table
with indistinct initials 'G H.' (lower right)
oil on panel
27¾ x 21½ in. (70.5 x 54.3 cm.)
with an armorial red wax seal (on the reverse)

Provenance

Dr. Leofrid Adelmann, Würzburg; (+), J.M. Heberle, Cologne, 9 July 1888, lot 2101, illustrated, as 'Klaasz. Heda'.
Anonymous sale [W. Goyert, Cologne]; Christie's, London, 1 June 1928, lot 66, as 'W.C. Heda'.
with Speelman, London.
with John Mitchell and Son, London, 1971, from whom acquired by the father of the present owner.

Literature

N.R.A. Vroom, A Modest Message, Schiedam, 1980, II, p. 64, no. 317, illustrated, as 'Gerret Willemsz. Heda'.

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Lot Essay

Believed by Vroom to be an autograph work by Gerrit Willemsz. Heda, Fred Meijer, of the RKD, The Hague, has pointed out that this painting is likely to have been executed after a lost still-life by Willem Claesz. Heda, versions of which exist in both horizontal and vertical formats.

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