ID 1436557 
Lot 174  | BALTHASAR VAN DER AST (MIDDELBURG 1593/ 4-1657 DELFT)
Estimate value
$ 40 000 – 60 000 
Grapes, apples, peaches and apricots in a Wan-li bowl, with quinces, a frog, a caterpillar, a fly and a beetle on a stone ledge
signed and indistinctly dated ‘B v.d. Ast 16[17]’ (lower right, on the ledge)
oil on panel
22 7/8 x 35 ¼ in. (58.2 x 89.4 cm.)
Provenance
A. Veldman, Winschoten, by 1954.
Private collection, Europe.
with Hoogsteder & Hoogsteder, The Hague, by 1995, where acquired in 1996 by the present owner.
Literature
L.J. Bol, The Bosschaert Dynasty, Leigh-on-Sea, 1960, p. 77, no. 57.
| Artist: | Balthasar van der Ast (1593 - 1657) | 
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| Applied technique: | Oil on panel | 
| Genre: | Still life | 
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, Europe, The Netherlands | 
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings | 
| Artist: | Balthasar van der Ast (1593 - 1657) | 
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| Applied technique: | Oil on panel | 
| Genre: | Still life | 
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, Europe, The Netherlands | 
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings | 
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