Lot Essay
We are grateful to Dr. Fred Meijer for suggesting the attribution upon first-hand inspection.
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Property from a Belgian private collection
Master of the Kitten (active Antwerp c. 1625-1649)
Fruit, dairy, game in an overturned basket, wine in a façon de Venise and a cat on a draped table
Details
Master of the Kitten (active Antwerp c. 1625-1649)
Fruit, dairy, game in an overturned basket, wine in a façon de Venise and a cat on a draped table
oil on panel
19 ½ x 36 5/8 in. (49.5 x 93 cm.)
Fruit, dairy, game in an overturned basket, wine in a façon de Venise and a cat on a draped table
oil on panel
19 ½ x 36 5/8 in. (49.5 x 93 cm.)
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Frederik Muller & Co., Amsterdam, 15 June 1937, lot 71, pl. 75, as 'F. van Schooten'.
with Alois Miedl, Gallery Jacques Goudstikker, Amsterdam, 1940, as 'F. van Schooten' (inv. no. 5767), acquired from (possibly) Paul Brandt, Amsterdam.
Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 14 March 1951, lot 85, sold by Private Collection, Netherlands.
Anonymous sale; Dobiaschofsky, Bern, 1 May 1991, lot 256, as ‘Flemish Master, 17th century’.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Monaco, 5 December 1991, lot 106, as ‘Harmen van Steenwijck’.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Monaco, 18 June 1992, lot 221, as ‘Harmen van Steenwijck’ (145,000 francs).
with Galerie Francis J. Devaux, Paris.
with Alois Miedl, Gallery Jacques Goudstikker, Amsterdam, 1940, as 'F. van Schooten' (inv. no. 5767), acquired from (possibly) Paul Brandt, Amsterdam.
Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 14 March 1951, lot 85, sold by Private Collection, Netherlands.
Anonymous sale; Dobiaschofsky, Bern, 1 May 1991, lot 256, as ‘Flemish Master, 17th century’.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Monaco, 5 December 1991, lot 106, as ‘Harmen van Steenwijck’.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Monaco, 18 June 1992, lot 221, as ‘Harmen van Steenwijck’ (145,000 francs).
with Galerie Francis J. Devaux, Paris.
Literature
P. Gammelbo, 'Floris Gerritsz van Schooten', Nederlands Kunsthistorisch Jaarboek, 17. 1966. p. 122, no. 46, as 'Floris van Schooten'.
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