Lot 53
  • 53

Christiaen van Pol

Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Christiaen van Pol
  • Still life of roses, tulips, and other flowers on a marble ledge with a sculpted marble urn
  • signed and dated lower right: VAN.POL, 1789
  • oil on canvas

Condition

The canvas appears to be unlined. This painting is in excellent condition with beautiful detail and strong coloration throughout. Under ultraviolet light, there is only one area of retouching on ledge at lower right. No other retouches are visible. Painting can be hung as is. Offered in a carved and gilt wood frame.
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Catalogue Note

Christiaen van Pol was a Dutch still-life specialist who formed part of the generation of painters who were influenced by Jan van Huysum.  Along with Jan Frans van Dael, Cornelis van Spaendonck, and Gerard van Spaendonck, van Pol worked in a classic painting style that prized the intense observation of nature and near microscopic rendering of material surfaces, all combined with a bright and vivacious palette. Van Pol collaborated with van Dael on a series of decorative projects for the châteaux in Bellevue, Chantilly and St. Cloud, though his easel canvases from the late 18th and early 19th centuries are his best known artistic accomplishments.