ID 770946 
Lot 8  | CLARA PEETERS (ANTWERP 1589-1657)
Estimate value
$ 1 200 000 – 1 800 000 
Roses, lilies, an iris and other flowers in an earthenware vase, with a pot of carnations and a butterfly on a ledge
signed and dated 'CLARA P. Ao 1612' (lower left)
oil on panel
25 7⁄8 x 19 3⁄4 in. (65.7 x 50.2 cm.)
Provenance
Emil Glükstadt, Copenhagen; (†), Winkel & Magnussen, 6 June 1924, lot 703, where acquired by the following,
V. Hansen, Denmark, and by descent to,
Mrs. Agnethe Jacobsen, Copenhagen, by 1960, from whom acquired by,
Private collection, Copenhagen, and by whom donated to,
The Christian Help Foundation; their sale, Sotheby's, London, 6 December 1995, lot 60, where acquired by the present owner.
Literature
P. Gammelbo, Dutch Still-life painting from the 16th to 18th Centuries in Danish collections, Copenhagen, 1960, pp. 30-31, no. 28.
A.S. Harris and L. Nochlin, Women Artists 1550-1950, New York, 1978, p. 132.
M.L. Hairs, The Flemish Flower Painters of the XVIIth Century, Brussels, 1986, p. 352.
P.H. Decoteau, Clara Peeters 1594-c. 1640 and the Development of Still-life painting in Northern Europe, Lingen, 1992, p. 22-30, 179, no. 8, fig. 8.
Exhibited
Copenhagen, Kunstforeningens udstilling af Hollandske og flamske stillben fra 1600-tallet, 1965, no. 67.
| Artist: | Clara Peeters (1594 - 1657) | 
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| Applied technique: | Oil on panel | 
| Art style: | Renaissance | 
| Genre: | Still life | 
| Place of origin: | Belgium, Western Europe, Europe | 
| Auction house category: | Paintings | 
| Artist: | Clara Peeters (1594 - 1657) | 
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| Applied technique: | Oil on panel | 
| Art style: | Renaissance | 
| Genre: | Still life | 
| Place of origin: | Belgium, Western Europe, Europe | 
| Auction house category: | Paintings | 
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