Lot 150
  • 150

Joris van Son

Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 GBP
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Description

  • Joris van Son
  • Grapes and other fruits and maize surrounding a stone cartouche with a sculpted head
  • signed and indistinctly dated lower centre, on the ledge: VAN SON f/ 16..

  • oil on canvas, cut at the top

Provenance

Anonymous sale, London, Christie's 13 July 1945, lot 89;
Captain E.G. Spencer-Churchill, Northwick Park, Blockley, Gloucestershire;
His deceased sale, London, Christie's, 29 October 1965, lot 59;
Anonymous sale, London, Sotheby's, 3 July 1985, lot 67 (with the incorrect illustration);
Anonymous sale, London, Christie's, 7 December 2005, lot 137, where acquired by the present owner.

Condition

The canvas has been relined and has been cut along the upper edge. To the naked eye no major damages are apparent, though some abrasion is discernible in the background, in the plums centre right and in the figs lower centre. Retouchings can be made out with UV light in the aforementioned plums and figs as well as some further retouching along a vertical central line which could correspond to an old fold. An small patch of restoration is present in the oranges centre left. Offered in a rippled and tortoise~shell style frame in good condition.
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