Jan Baptist Bosschaert

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Description

Jan Baptist Bosschaert
Still life of flowers with a garland draped around an urn sculpted with putti
signed and dated lower right: JB (in ligature) offchaert f 1715
oil on canvas

Provenance

Anonymous sale, London, Phillips, 11 December 2001, lot 78, where acquired by the present owner.

Catalogue Note

This is an entirely characteristic work by Jan Baptist Bosschaert and other still lifes by the artist include similar urns sculpted with bacchanalian scenes and putti; compare, for example, the signed painting sold in these Rooms, 19 April 1989, lot 56.