Johannes Bouman Strasbourg 1601 - 1658 Utrecht

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Description

Johannes Bouman
a still life with grapes, apples, a quince and pears on a wan-li porcelain dish, together with medlars, gooseberries, cherries and peaches, all on a stone ledge with a roemer
oil on panel

Catalogue Note

Bouman is recorded in Amsterdam by 1622 and in 1626, when he married a Dutch woman. Nothing more is recorded of his life. His work is strongly influenced by Balthasar van der Ast (1593-1657), from whom he derived his characteristic colouring of the fruits and the handling of light on the different materials. Most of his still lifes are, like this one, on panels of an elongated rectangular format.