Lot Essay
We are grateful for Dr. Fred G. Meijer for proposing an attribution to Pieter Claesz on the basis of photographs.
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PROPERTY FROM A MEMBER OF THE DREESMANN FAMILY
ATTRIBUTED TO PIETER CLAESZ (BERCHEM 1597/1598-1660/1661 HAARLEM)
A herring, a bread roll and a bunch of grapes on pewter platters, with a tazza of red wine, a porcelain decanter and a parmesan, on a draped table
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ATTRIBUTED TO PIETER CLAESZ (BERCHEM 1597/1598-1660/1661 HAARLEM)
A herring, a bread roll and a bunch of grapes on pewter platters, with a tazza of red wine, a porcelain decanter and a parmesan, on a draped table
with signature 'FvSchooten’ ('FvS' linked, lower centre, on the knife)
oil on panel
17 3/8 x 28 ¾ in. (44.1 x 73.1 cm.)
A herring, a bread roll and a bunch of grapes on pewter platters, with a tazza of red wine, a porcelain decanter and a parmesan, on a draped table
with signature 'FvSchooten’ ('FvS' linked, lower centre, on the knife)
oil on panel
17 3/8 x 28 ¾ in. (44.1 x 73.1 cm.)
Provenance
Walter Dunkels (1887-1956), Wallhurst Manor, West Sussex.
with Eugene Slatter, London, 1943, as 'Floris van Schooten'.
Private Collection, Epsom, Surrey, by 1980.
with Eugene Slatter, London, 1943, as 'Floris van Schooten'.
Private Collection, Epsom, Surrey, by 1980.
Literature
'Flower and Still-Life Paintings by Old Masters', The Illustrated London News, 29 May 1943, CCII, p. 605, illustrated, as 'Floris van Schooten'.
Advert, 'The Days of Plenty in Holland', The Illustrated London News, 9 November1944, CCV, p. 11, illustrated in colour, as 'Floris van Schooten'.
P. Gammelbo, ‘Floris Gerritsz. van Schooten’, Nederlands Kunsthistorisch Jaarboek, XVII, 1966, p. 126, no. 60, as 'Floris van Schooten'.
N.R.A. Vroom, A Modest Message, as Intimated by the Painters of the 'Monochrome Banketje, Schiedam, 1980, II, p. 113, no. 572, illustrated, as 'Floris van Schooten'.
Advert, 'The Days of Plenty in Holland', The Illustrated London News, 9 November1944, CCV, p. 11, illustrated in colour, as 'Floris van Schooten'.
P. Gammelbo, ‘Floris Gerritsz. van Schooten’, Nederlands Kunsthistorisch Jaarboek, XVII, 1966, p. 126, no. 60, as 'Floris van Schooten'.
N.R.A. Vroom, A Modest Message, as Intimated by the Painters of the 'Monochrome Banketje, Schiedam, 1980, II, p. 113, no. 572, illustrated, as 'Floris van Schooten'.
Brought to you by
Lucy Speelman
Junior Specialist, Head of Part II
We are grateful for Dr. Fred G. Meijer for proposing an attribution to Pieter Claesz on the basis of photographs.