Willem van Leen Dordrecht 1753 - 1825 Delftshaven

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Description

Willem van Leen
still life of grapes, peaches, melon, flowers and vines arranged upon a table top, together with a cabbage white butterfly and a fly
signed on the ledge lower right: Van Leen ft.
oil on canvas

Provenance

Captain Frederick Montagu, Milton Park, Doncaster;
By whom sold London, Christie's, 28 June 1946, lot 124, with a pendant for 20 guineas to S. Leger;
Mrs Gertrude Hechler:
By whom sold, New York, Sotheby's, 4 April 1973, lot 85;
Anonymous sale, New York, Sotheby's, 1 June 1990, lot 42, unsold at $15,000 - 20,000;
Anonymous sale, London, Christie's, 13 December 1991, lot 187, for £6,000.