ID 1344910
Lot 125 | ATTRIBUTED TO WILLEM KALF(ROTTERDAM 1619-1693 AMSTERDAM)
Estimate value
£ 15 000 – 20 000
(ROTTERDAM 1619-1693 AMSTERDAM)
A still life with a gilt rock crystal dish, a pewter jug, a silver ewer, a watch and a glass on a draped tablecloth
oil on canvas, unframed
33 3/8 x 27 ½ in. (84.7 x 69.8 cm)
Provenance
with A.F. Reyre (The Ver Meer Gallery), London, and jointly owned with Kunsthandel AG, Lucerne, 1932, from whom acquired on 13 June 1950 by the following,
Friedrich Frey-Fürst (1882-1953), Lucerne, and the Bürgenstock collection, and by descent.
[The Bürgenstock Collection: The Property of Fritz Frey]; Sotheby's, London, 11 December 1996, lot 75, where acquired after the sale by the present owner.
Literature
F. Frey, The Bürgenstock, Zürich, 1967, pp. 94-5, illustrated, as Willem Kalf.
L. Grisebach, Willem Kalf, 1619-1693, Berlin, 1974, p. 279, no. 141a, as a copy after the painting in the Schlossmuseum, Weimar.
F. G. Meijer, in Gemaltes Licht: Die Stilleben von Willem Kalf, 1619-1693, eds. P. van den Brink et. al., exhibition catalogue, Aachen, 2006, p. 148, under no. 37, notes 4 and 5, and p. 167, cat. no. B17, under uncertain attributions/rejected works.
| Artist: | Willem Kalf (1619 - 1693) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Art style: | Old Masters |
| Genre: | Still life |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, Europe, The Netherlands |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Artist: | Willem Kalf (1619 - 1693) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Art style: | Old Masters |
| Genre: | Still life |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, Europe, The Netherlands |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Address of auction |
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