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Cornelis Kick
Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 GBP
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Description
- Cornelis Kick
- a still life with parrot tulips, poppies, roses, snow balls, and other flowers in a glass vase over a stone ledge
- oil on canvas
Provenance
With Eugene Slatter, London;
With A. Tooth & Sons, London, by 1952, as Willem van der Aelst (confirmed by Witt Library mount, and where listed as signed);
Purchased from the above by the parents-in-law of the present owner shortly therafterafter.
With A. Tooth & Sons, London, by 1952, as Willem van der Aelst (confirmed by Witt Library mount, and where listed as signed);
Purchased from the above by the parents-in-law of the present owner shortly therafterafter.
Condition
The following condition report is provided by Hamish Dewar, who is an external expert and not an employee of Sotheby's.
UNCONDITIONAL AND WITHOUT PREJUDICE
Structural Condition
The canvas has been lined and this is ensuring an even and secure structural support.
Paint Surface
The paint surface has an uneven and discoloured varnish layer and should be transformed by
cleaning.
Inspection under ultraviolet light shows how discoloured the varnish layers have become, and
shows just small scattered spots of inpainting although there may well be other spots of
retouchings beneath the discoloured varnish layers which are not identifiable under ultraviolet
light.
Summary
The painting would therefore appear to be in good and stable condition and should respond
very well to cleaning and revarnishing.
"This lot is offered for sale subject to Sotheby's Conditions of Business, which are available on request and printed in Sotheby's sale catalogues. The independent reports contained in this document are provided for prospective bidders' information only and without warranty by Sotheby's or the Seller."
"This lot is offered for sale subject to Sotheby's Conditions of Business, which are available on request and printed in Sotheby's sale catalogues. The independent reports contained in this document are provided for prospective bidders' information only and without warranty by Sotheby's or the Seller."
Catalogue Note
The painting is a characteristic work by the Amsterdam artist Cornelis Kick. Within the ambitious design we find several motifs from elsewhere within Kick's oeuvre such as the idiosyncratic thick wavy stems and the handling of the rose leaves which fall towards the lower part of the composition.1 Kick's paintings are rare - perhaps due to his reputed idleness - and are often mistaken for those of his more industrious pupil Jan Van Walscapelle (1644-1727) who mirrored his master's style closely early in his career.
We are grateful to Fred G. Meijer of the RKD for proposing the attribution based on a photograph and for dating the work to the late 1660s or early 1670s.
1. Compare the signed work offered New York, Sotheby's, 24 January 2008, lot 58.
2. See A. Houbraken, De Groote Schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen..., The Hague 1753 (2nd ed. facsimile reprint 1976), vol. II, pp. 333-34.
We are grateful to Fred G. Meijer of the RKD for proposing the attribution based on a photograph and for dating the work to the late 1660s or early 1670s.
1. Compare the signed work offered New York, Sotheby's, 24 January 2008, lot 58.
2. See A. Houbraken, De Groote Schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen..., The Hague 1753 (2nd ed. facsimile reprint 1976), vol. II, pp. 333-34.