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BLAS DE LEDESMA (ACTIVE GRENADA 1602-1614)

Lot 199
05.02.2025 14:00UTC -05:00
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Event locationUSA, New York
ID 1362519
Lot 199 | BLAS DE LEDESMA (ACTIVE GRENADA 1602-1614)
Estimate value
$ 30 000 – 50 000
BLAS DE LEDESMA (ACTIVE GRENADA 1602-1614)
Apples in a wicker basket with pomegranates and hollyhocks, on a table covered with a linen cloth
oil on canvas
23 7/8 x 31 ¾ in. (60.6 x 80.5 cm.)




Provenance

Contreras collection, Seville.
Cárabe collection, Madrid.
Private collection, Madrid, by 1978.
Anonymous sale [Property of a Private Collector]; Christie's, New York, 18 May 1994, lot 49A, where acquired by the present owner.



Literature

R. Torres Martin, 'Blas de Ledesma y el origen del bodegonismo español,' Goya: Revista de Arte, 1974, p. 223, note 14.
R. Torres Martin, Los bodegones de Blas de Ledesma, Seville, 1976, n.p., no. 49, illustrated.
R. Torres Martin, Blas de Ledesma y el bodegon Español, Madrid, 1978, pp. 121 and 211, no. 103, illustrated.



Exhibited

Seville, Caja de Ahorros San Fernando, Los bodegones de Blas de Ledesma, June 1976, no. 49.
Applied technique:Oil on canvas
Art style:Old Masters
Genre:Still life
Place of origin:Europe, Spain
Auction house category:Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings
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