Jan Baptist Bosschaert Antwerp 1667 - 1746

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Description

Jan Baptist Bosschaert
Still Life of Flowers in a Sculpted Vase Resting on a Stone Ledge with Fruit, A Parrot and a Fountain with a Putto and Dolphin, in a Landscape
signed lower center Bosschaert
oil on canvas

Provenance

Anonymous sale, Berlin, Leo Spik, September 25, 1952, lot 260.

Catalogue Note

Jan Baptist Bosschaert was a pupil of Jean Baptiste de Crépu in Antwerp where he became a master in the guild in 1685. He specialized in large scale flower compositions such as the present painting, which is an unusually elaborate example of his work.