Jan van Kessel Antwerpen circa 1620 - in or after 1661 Amsterdam (?)

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Description

Jan van Kessel
a still life with a garland of peaches, pears, melons, plums, apricots, grapes, apples, berries and cherries, together with ivy and gooseberries, all in a stone niche
oil on canvas

Provenance

Baron de Brouwer,
His sale, Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, 6/7 October 1947, lot 77 (as Jan van Huysum, according to a label on the reverse);
Unidentified sale, Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, 1960 (according to information provided by the present owner).

Catalogue Note

We are grateful to Fred G. Meijer for suggesting an attribution to Van Kessel on the basis of photographs. Two comparable signed Fruit still lifes by the artist were sold Amsterdam, Sotheby's, 22 November 1989, lots 4 and 5.